Source: http://www.lexology.com, April 8, 2014 By: Brian Margolies, Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP In its recent decision in Church Mut. Ins. Co. v. Clay Ctr. Christian Church, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 5450 (Mar. 25, 2014), the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, applying Nebraska law, had occasion to consider whether a […]

Source: http://www.propertycasualty360.com, March 13, 2014 By: Barry Zalma, Esq., CFE When brokers and clients have a special relationship, N.Y. says the broker may be liable for failing to advise on additional coverage. An insurance broker transacts insurance with, but not on behalf of, an insurer. In doing so, the broker generally promises only to obtain […]

Read here about the owner of a septic tank pumping business who was sentenced for dumping waste into a public sewer system.

Source: San Gabriel Valley Tribune (CA), April 15, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Exide Technologies, a battery recycling plant facing numerous health code violations since 2007, has been releasing “high levels of lead emissions” for 18 consecutive days after operations were shut down on March 22, according to the air pollution officials. The new toxic air […]

Source: Charleston Daily Mail (WV), April 15, 2014 http://envfpn.advisen.com A contractor hired to remediate the Elk River site of a chemical leak recently submitted its plan to the state Department of Environmental Protection. The key word is plan — with many of the details still up in the air as the Freedom Industries location remains […]

Source: Charleston Daily Mail (WV), April 15, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The Putnam County Commission wants to move forward with legal action to force a Hurricane landfill to move waste stored there after the Jan. 9 chemical leak. The commission voted this morning to hire attorney Mike Callaghan, a former assistant federal prosecutor and head […]

Source: Dow Jones News Service, April 16, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The company behind the chemical spill that tainted the water supply of 300,000 people in West Virginia spent $1.9 million on attorneys and advisers in the first months of its bankruptcy case. Freedom Industries Inc.’s lead bankruptcy law firm, McGuireWoods LLP, billed top dollar, […]

Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 12, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A lawyer for a man who has lived near the West Lake Landfill in Bridgeton for more than 30 years, and the lawsuit he filed Friday, say radiation has spread to nearby properties, potentially affecting the health of area residents and employees. The lawsuit is […]

Read here about a factory in Georgia that is being sued for pollution of the Altamaha River.

Source: Deseret News (UT), April 12, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Officials at Grand Staircase- Escalante National Monument say a leak may have spilled more oil and saline water than was initially estimated, contributing to an older spill on the monument. Hikers discovered an exposed pipeline last month along with the aftermath of a large spill […]

Source: Dayton Daily News (OH), April 14, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com An industrial accident involving hazardous chemicals would threaten entire local communities, including nearly a million residents if a major chlorine release occurred at a single West Chester Twp. chemical company, yet the public is given little information about the dangers these chemicals pose. Despite […]

Source: The Miami Herald, April 11, 2014 Posted on: http://constfpn.advisen.com The new Perez Art Museum Miami is fighting a lawsuit that alleges two of its contractors failed to keep several five- to 10-ton concrete beams from collapsing during construction. The lawsuit, which engineering firm Arup USA filed this week in Florida’s 11th Judicial Circuit Court, […]