Source: https://www.propertycasualty360.com, February 11, 2019 By: Walter J. Adams, Jr. Risk is inherent with any commercial building project. From design and specification through construction, there are many moving parts capable of creating… Risk is inherent with any commercial building project. From design and specification through construction, there are many moving parts capable of creating any […]

Source: https://www.mdjonline.com, February 6, 2019 By: Denise Hollinshed Cleanup continued Wednesday here after 200,000 gallons of used oil spilled from a company’s storage tanks, a portion of it contaminating nearby ground and the city sewer system, the Illinois Environment Protection Agency said. The spill prompted the agency to seek an order banning storage of oil […]

Source: https://www.boston25news.com, February 7, 2019 By: Kathryn Burcham, Jason Solowski State environmental officials are tracking an emerging threat to drinking water across Massachusetts linked to a firefighting foam used at military installations and airports. “Back in 2012, 2013 we started showing these contaminates” said Dan Santos, director of the Barnstable Department of Public Works. Testing […]

Source: Associated Press, February 6, 2019 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com A judge has approved a class-action settlement between Muscatine residents and a local factory that they blame for a noxious odor and haze and for causing health problems. District Judge John Telleen on Tuesday approved the settlement over the Grain Processing Corporation plant, which makes corn-based […]

Source: https://www.wqpmag.com, February 6, 2019 The fire manufacturer delayed releasing information about the contamination for four years Tyco Fire Products, a Marinette, Wis., manufacturer of firefighting foam, knew there was soil and well contamination on its property dating back to October 2013, but failed to share the information with homeowners surrounding the property until November […]

Source: https://www.whidbeynewstimes.com, February 5, 2019 By: Jessie Stensland Lawyers for a North Whidbey woman filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday against a manufacturing corporation and fire equipment companies they say are responsible for contamination of groundwater on the island with “highly toxic” chemicals found in a type of firefighting foam. Testing by the Navy […]

Source: https://missoulian.com, February 5, 2019 By: Keila Szpaller One surface test for asbestos in the McGill Hall preschool at the University of Montana showed 240,000 fibers per square centimeter on a shelf roughly three feet tall, according to GEM Environmental, Inc. One at a higher level that would require an adult to use a ladder […]

Source: https://www.oilandgas360.com, July 23, 2018 A jury verdict in a Texas court last week against an oil service company may have set the record for the largest civil penalty ever handed down in an accident involving a truck. The $101 million verdict exceeds by about $10 million a penalty assessed against Werner Enterprises earlier this year.  At […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com, February 4, 2019 Montana parents are demanding more information about high levels of asbestos found in a University of Montana building that housed a preschool. The Missoulian reports that the university moved the preschool students to another building on Tuesday after test results found “unacceptable levels” of asbestos. The building, McGill Hall, was […]

Source: https://www.greatfallstribune.com, February 1, 2019 A Montana rail company official says it will likely take weeks to clean up a coal train derailment that happened this week east of Bozeman. Montana Rail Link spokesman Ross Lane tells the Bozeman Daily Chronicle that the company has started to remove coal, tainted soil and cars from the […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com, January 30, 2019 By: John Fischer, Barnes & Thornburg LLP It is a situation we have seen time and again, including in several recent matters: a policyholder headquartered in State A is pursued by the regulators in State B for investigating and cleaning up contamination at the policyholder’s facility located in State B. […]

Source: http://www.rmmagazine.com, February 1, 2019 By: Jeannette David and Thomas P. Bernier In 1976, the first identified outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease sickened over 220 and killed 34 American Legionnaires attending a convention in Philadelphia. Caused by Legionella pneumophila bacteria, the disease is a severe form of pneumonia that results in cough, high fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and […]