Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/, August 11, 2024 By: Shannon Pettypiece After five decades working as a teacher and school administrator, Janet Stone envisioned a relaxing retirement in her condo overlooking Florida’s Atlantic coast. Instead, she’s gone back to work teaching preschoolers with disabilities and living with her son in Las Vegas to pay off a $100,000 bill […]

Source: Professional Underwriters Agency (PUA) A civil engineering firm that provided professional services for a highway improvement project was named as a defendant in a wrongful death lawsuit concerning a fatal motor vehicle accident that occurred on the highway. While the civil  engineering firm’s liability was vigorously contested, following discovery and as the matter approached […]

Source: https://www.epa.gov/, August 6, 2024 Today, Aug. 6, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the emergency suspension of all registrations of the pesticide dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate (DCPA or Dacthal) under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This is the first time in almost 40 years EPA has taken this type of emergency action, […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com/, August 1, 2024 By: Ahlia Bethea and Elizabeth Knauer, Sive Paget & Riesel PC 2024 has already been a banner year for the regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at the federal level; unsurprisingly, these efforts are eliciting legal challenges from regulated entities. CERCLA On April 19, 2024, the EPA issued a final […]

Source: https://www.phillyvoice.com/, August 2, 2024 By: Kristin Hunt Hexavalent chromium, a substance known to cause cancer, was found in four soil samples taken from the public trail at Bartram’s Garden last week. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection officials shared the results on a virtual town hall Wednesday night. DEP collected 11 soil samples from along the trail […]

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com/, July 31, 2024 By: Zachary Phillips The hangar at Boise Airport collapsed on Jan. 31, resulting in the deaths of Mariano Coc Och, 32, Mario Sontay Tsi, 24, and Craig Durrant, 59. Durrant was the co-founder of Big D Builders. Tsi and Och’s families filed suit against the builders earlier this month, claiming Big D […]

Source: https://interestingengineering.com/, August 1, 2024 By: Ameya Paleja The Department of Energy (DOE) has agreed to turn a former nuclear weapons development site in Washington state into a one gigawatt (GW) solar farm. Once a top-secret site producing weapons-grade plutonium, the Hanford site will soon generate clean energy as part of the DOE’s Cleanup to […]

Source: https://www.8newsnow.com/, July 26, 2024 By: Justin Walker An investigation into two cases of Legionnaires’ disease at a Las Vegas Strip resort has begun, according to Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) officials. The investigation announcement comes following the finding of two travel-associated cases of Legionnaires’ disease in guests who stayed at Caesars Palace Las Vegas […]

Source: https://www.constructionrisk.com/, July 25, 2024 By: Kent Holland A car driver drove over a downed telecommunications line owned by Cox Company, resulting in claimed damages to the individual and his car. The driver filed suit against Cox and Cable Man, Inc., a company under contract to Cox to provide maintenance and repair of lines. Cox […]

Source: https://www.constructionrisk.com/, July 25, 2024 By: Kent Holland In a contract dispute between a project owner and a construction subcontractor, the trial court awarded prevailing party attorneys fees to a subcontractor pursuant to contractual prevailing party attorneys fees clause, because it determined that the subcontractor prevailed on a significant issue, even though it lost on […]

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/, July 26, 2024 By: Gary Fuller Air pollution breathed in during childhood is one of the factors in adult lung health, according to a new study. The origins of the study date back to 1992 when researchers began investigating the effects of air pollution on groups of children in California. Some of these children are now […]

Source: https://www.jdsupra.com/, July 23, 2024 By: Amy Wang, Ward and Smith, P.A. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have become a focal point of regulatory scrutiny nationwide due to their persistent environmental presence and potential health risks. For businesses, navigating the evolving landscape of PFAS regulation is crucial—these substances are widely used in various industrial and […]