Source: https://www.cnn.com/, October 23, 2023 By: Jen Christensen The US Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced a proposed plan to ban all uses of trichloroethylene (TCE), a cancer-causing chemical that is common in manufacturing and can be found in thousands of water sources and properties around the world. Since the 1920s, the ubiquitous environmental contaminant has been one […]

Source: https://www.wiltonbulletin.com/, October 19, 2023 By: Daniel Tepfer Two class action lawsuits claim the state’s two largest water suppliers, Aquarion and Connecticut Water Co., knowingly supplied water contaminated with chemicals used in the manufacturing of plastics to hundreds of thousands of state residents. The lawsuits, filed in Hartford and Bridgeport Superior Courts on Wednesday, state […]

Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/, October 19, 2023 By: Jim Masters The town of Dyer is contending with a hazardous materials incident that halted a local road construction project. Wednesday’s Dyer Town Council meeting was an opportunity for residents to question town officials about the potential dangers of the contaminated soil excavated from an area on Magnolia Avenue […]

Source: https://krcgtv.com, October 18, 2023 By: Ryan Smith The city of Columbia is looking into possible contamination of black mold at two of the city’s fire departments on Wednesday, this coming as an anonymous tip sent pictures of areas within fire station six that looked to have mold growing on them earlier in the week. […]

Source: https://ksltv.com/, October 17, 2023 More safety concerns for an apartment building under construction in downtown Ogden as inspectors say the proper fire retardant-treated wood is not being used and now the city has noted several structural problems inside. It’s a big enough problem that the city has staff keeping an eye on the building […]

Source: https://mauinow.com/, October 16, 2023 Preliminary, unvalidated data from ash sampling received late Friday night shows very high levels of arsenic, and elevated levels of lead and cobalt, in wildfire ash collected in Kula, the Hawaiʻi State Department of Health announced on Sunday. The ash samples were collected on Sept. 21 in Kula from eight […]

Source: https://www.standard.net, October 17, 2023 By: Tim Vandenack Ogden officials say there are more problems with the unfinished apartment building at 144 25th St. than originally detected, which raise the specter of the structure’s collapse. If not fixed, the incomplete building could face demolition. Ogden officials last March ordered a halt to work on the five-story building […]

Source: https://www.propertycasualty360.com/, October 13, 2023 By: Jackie Neal As first described by Warren Buffett in the 1970s, social inflation is “a broadening definition by society and juries of what is covered by insurance policies.” Noneconomic factors — such as how society perceives big business — are leading to larger jury awards, higher claim settlements and greater litigation […]

Source: https://www.kmuw.org/, October 12, 2023 By: Celia Hack Wichita residents living above a chemical spill from Union Pacific Railroad face property damages and a loss of property value as a result of the company’s negligence, according to a federal lawsuit filed this week by law firms across the country. The class-action lawsuit addresses a chemical […]

Source: https://www.amnews.com/, October 11, 2023 By: Fiona Morgan A local business owner, Nina Kirkland with Coldwell Banker VIP Realty, has filed a civil lawsuit alleging that the Downtown Streetscape Project caused flooding in her building. The lawsuit is against the City of Danville; Louisville Paving Company; LPX, Inc.; Pace Contracting; and Gresham Smith, which is […]

Source: https://www.app.com/, October 5, 2023 By: Jean Mikle The township will join with Save Barnegat Bay to challenge the state’s settlement with BASF, saying the company is not providing adequate compensation for Ciba-Geigy’s pollution of the property. Both Toms River and the environmental advocacy group contend the state failed to accurately quantify the damage done to […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, October 2, 2023 By: Anthony Andersen and Larry Moonan Technology has revolutionized the architecture and engineering (A&E) design space over the past 40 to 50 years, allowing for improved efficiency and faster architectural design and output. However, these technological advances can also increase the chance for error — or in insurance terms, exposure […]