Source: https://connectingvets.radio.com, December 12, 201 Veterans and family members who lived and worked aboard the former Pease Air Force Base in Portsmouth, NH,. are urging the government to collect data about their health and disease rates and how that may tie into chemicals they were exposed to on the military installation. During a listening session, […]

Source: https://www.kingstonist.com, December 12, 2018 By: Michelle Allan When Jennifer Kehoe brought her son home sick from school, she initially thought he was feigning illness. She’d been called to pick him up from Molly Brant Elementary six of the past 12 school days, but his nausea, headache, and sore throat seemed to go away within […]

Source: https://www.wltx.com, December 11, 2018 By: Nic Jones Some in a Columbia community are thinking about moving after a gas odor at a nearby gas station has been impacting people for weeks. It’s been a pain for this community since before Thanksgiving. Back on November 19th, Play Pals Day Care off of Broad River Road […]

Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com, December 10, 2018 By: Kimberly Fornek The Illinois Attorney General and the DuPage County State’s Attorney offices have reached a settlement of their lawsuit against Speedway LLC, that requires the company pay a $75,000 penalty. The state and county sued Speedway in 2017 after gasoline leaking from underground storage tanks at a Speedway […]

Source: Los Angeles Times, December 5, 2018 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com A cooling tower at Disneyland was the likely source for all 22 cases in a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak last year near the theme park, an Orange County health official testified Tuesday. Most of those who fell ill visited the park in the fall of 2017. […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com, December 4, 2018 By: Maria C. Salvemini, Manko Gold Katcher & Fox In an unpublished opinion, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey held that the Government was not liable under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) or Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) for remediation […]

Source: https://www.northjersey.com, December 4, 2018 By: Meghan Grant Aiming to identify the companies behind the chemical contamination of its water supply, Ridgewood Water has retained a California-based law firm to potentially sue over the expensive costs of meeting new state and federal water quality standards. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are a group of […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com, November 30, 2018 By: Tiffany Kary Creating a massive lawsuit over cancer-linked chemicals found in around a third of Americans’ drinking water got a skeptical reception in federal court Thursday. A panel of seven judges in Manhattan repeatedly asked whether cases across the U.S. should be consolidated, given that they may have dealt […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com, November 29, 2018 By: John O’Connor People who are harmed or injured in incidents that are the state government’s fault will be eligible for damage awards of as much as $2 million after the state House voted to override a veto by Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner. The House voted 71-36 to override a […]

Source: https://www.businessinsurance.com, November 28, 2018 By: Judy Greenwald Neither asbestos nor environmental claims show signs of slowing down, says A.M. Best, in a report issued Wednesday, which estimates total asbestos and environmental ultimate losses of $146 billion. Meanwhile, a herbicide is potentially the next asbestos-level threat to public health, said Oldwick, New Jersey-based Best, in […]

Source: http://www.liveinsurancenews.com, November 23, 2018 By: H. Cutner As standard property or general liability policies don’t cover enough, pollution coverage is increasingly common. Environmental liability insurance is rapidly growing in popularity as exposures have grown beyond the coverage from general liability and standard property policies. Claims relating to pollution and the environment are frequently complex […]

Source: http://www.wistv.com, November 26, 2018 By: Jason Raven For the first time in 38 years, Bonnie Saville’s daycare isn’t filled with children. Instead, it’s surrounded by fences and clean up crews in respirators. “It’s very devastating to see all the equipment and all the work being done,” Saville said. She’s the owner of Play Pals […]