Read here about a naturally occurring asbestos that has been found in rocks near a housing development in Washington state.

Source: http://www.news-gazette.com, July 11, 2014 By: Tracy Moss The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has decided to remove contaminated soil around 29 homes south of Tilton that have tested positive for high levels of lead and arsenic that likely drifted by wind and rain from a nearby zinc smelter site. The federal agency plans to dig […]

Source: http://members.jacksonville.com, July 10, 2014 Environmental contractors are back in Brunswick this week putting down more test wells to determine how far contamination from Hercules Inc.’s former operation has spread. The groundwater beneath the sprawling chemical plant a few hundred yards from the marsh has been found to contain a number of pollutants, most notably […]

Source: http://www.news-gazette.com, July 11, 2014 By: Patrick Wade Fed up with the state agency, Champaign residents are now looking to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to address their concerns about toxic waste in their neighborhood. They’re also hoping that the chemicals they suspect remain under their homes don’t end up above the Mahomet Aquifer. Their […]

Source: http://www.telegram.com, July 13, 2014 By: Aaron Nicodemus Can asbestos-laden dust, brought home day after day for 35 years on the work clothes of your loved one, cause you to get cancer? That is the thrust of a civil lawsuit brought in March against Norton Co. (now Saint-Gobain) in Middlesex Superior Court by Joan A. […]

Source: http://www.jdsupra.com, July 11, 2014 By: James Earle, Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP In the case of Beacon Residential Community Association v. Skidmore Owings and Merrill et. al. (July 3, 2014, S208173) Cal.4th, a condominium homeowners association, sued the developer of the project and the project architect for construction defects caused by negligent architectural design […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, July 9, 2014 By: Carl A. Salisbury, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Following the March 2014 Alabama Supreme Court’s decision in Owners v. Jim Carr Homebuilders that faulty workmanship can be a covered “occurrence” under a contractor’s Commercial General Liability policy, the carrier moved for rehearing.  The Supreme Court has now ruled on that motion. […]

Source: http://www.eenews.net, July 10, 2014 By: Jeremy P. Jacobs A trend has emerged at the Supreme Court that could establish important precedents for environmental litigation: a concern among the justices about lawsuits filed beyond legal deadlines. Last term, the court struck down claims from North Carolina landowners seeking damages for groundwater contamination because their lawsuit […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, July 9, 2014 By: David L. Guevara, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP In a recent opinion, the Indiana Court of Appeals examined and provided significant analyses of a number of fundamental concepts in insurance law, including the definition of “property damage,” the concept of “occurrence,” the expected-or-intended exclusion, the contractual-liability exclusion and the […]

Source: http://www.denverpost.com, July 8, 2014 By: Howard Pankratz Two companies accused of charging customers thousands of dollars for removal of asbestos-contaminated materials from their homes and buildings and then illegally dumping or abandoning the waste in Arapahoe and Weld counties have pleaded guilty to felony charges and agreed to pay $1 million in fines. Tri […]

Source: http://insurancenewsnet.com, July 10, 2014 By: Sarah Desantis, The News-Item, Shamokin, PA The Line Mountain Board of Directors decided Tuesday night to forgo purchasing an environmental liability policy that would have cost the district $7,324.86. The policy through Admiral Insurance Company would have provided a $1,000,000 limit of insurance with a $10,000 per claim deductible […]

Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 9, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The water contamination that has triggered the shutdown of five public water wells in Gloucester County has been found at even higher levels in several private wells. Tests commissioned by the company believed responsible for the spread of perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) show that some private […]