Source: https://www.stanforddaily.com, May 11, 2018 By: Holden Foreman On Feb. 23, Stanford filed a federal lawsuit against multiple Hewlett-Packard companies, seeking millions in damages for HP’s purported chemical contamination of “substantial portions” of 1601 S. California Avenue — land that Stanford owns — during a grading project sometime between 1970 and 1999. The named corporations in the original […]

Source: http://www.miamiherald.com, May 8, 2018 By: Kyra Gurney and Jenny Staletovich Miami Beach is moving forward with plans to clean up four contaminated city-owned properties, including a park and a former golf course, in order to redevelop the sites. The city is in the process of designating the properties as “brownfields,” a first for Miami […]

Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, April 18, 2018 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com PPG Industries Inc. is solely liable for chemicals it has allowed to spill into the Allegheny River over the last several decades, a federal judge ruled. A six-year-old lawsuit that two environmental groups filed against PPG over chemical emissions at its former Ford City glass facility […]

Source: Great American Insurance Group, Environmental Insider, April 2018 Over the past 10 years, environmental regulation development and implementation have continued to evolve and change. Since the creation of the EPA, about 200 new environmental regulations per year (7) were promulgated. Currently there are about 27,074 pages of environmental regulation in Title 40 of the Code of […]

Source: Great American Insurance Group, Environmental Insider, April 2018 Over the past 10 years, there has been increased awareness on environmental regulations. As a result, environmental insurance has become more prevalent for many insureds through transactions, development, contracting etc. As the market for environmental insurance increases, the book for environmental claims has evolved. This article […]

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com, April 2, 2018 By: Kim Slowey Structural failures and other jobsite disasters can lead to financial and legal problems — as well as damage to the contractor’s reputation. On many construction projects, there is a risk of a worker being injured or a structural failure while the job is in progress. But for […]

Source: https://www.newsday.com, March 26, 2018 By: Vera Chinese A Wainscott homeowner is suing several chemical manufacturers and East Hampton Town over contamination of private wells near East Hampton Airport. The town had permitted local fire departments to use the airport for drills using aqueous film-forming foam, which is believed to contain perfluorooctanoic acid and/or perfluorooctanesulfonic […]

Source: https://www.enr.com, March 19, 2018 Miami Herald Two days after the last body was removed from a collapsed bridge near FIU, the first civil lawsuit stemming from the tragedy has been filed — and it alleges reckless negligence on the part of the companies that did design and construction. Marquise Rashaad Hepburn , who lives […]

Source: https://www.houstonchronicle.com, November 14, 2017 By: Alex Stuckey More than two months after Hurricane Harvey inundated the Houston area, three wastewater treatment facilities in Harris County remain inoperable with more than $1 million in damages, as officials struggle to find solutions to get them back online. The heavily damaged Cedar Bayou Park Wastewater Treatment plant […]

Source: http://www.kallanishenergy.com, March 14, 2018 Three petroleum giants have agreed to pay the state of New Jersey $196.5 million to resolve their liability in a pollution case caused by a gasoline additive known as methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), Kallanish Energy reports. Sunoco has already paid New Jersey $64 million to resolve its liability for MTBE damages. BP […]

Source: https://signalscv.com, March 9, 2018 By: Perry Smith The cleanup of close to 1,000 acres of contaminated soil at Whittaker-Bermite is still on track to wrap up by year’s end, with just a dozen isolated pockets needing particular attention, according to the cleanup efforts’ engineers. “I am very happy to tell you that by the […]

Source: https://www.sfgate.com, March 8, 2018 California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley and other prosecutors announced today that a judge has ordered Home Depot USA to pay $27.84 million for unlawfully disposing hazardous wastes. The settlement, which was ordered by Alameda County Superior Court Judge Brad Seligman, also resolves allegations that […]