Source: http://www.lexology.com, April 1, 2014 By: Scott Murphy and Clifford Shapiro, Barnes & Thornburg LLP The language contained in policy endorsements dramatically impacts the scope of coverage for additional insureds. In a recent decision, Carl E. Woodward, LLC v. Acceptance Indemnity Insurance, _____ F.3d ____ (5th Cir. 2014), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth […]

Source: http://news.wfsu.org, April 1, 2014 By: Jessica Palombo The Florida Senate is set to vote on a bill meant to encourage development of contaminated areas known as brownfields. The measure adds to the tax incentives already offered by giving developers further protection from being sued. On Tuesday morning, cranes backed up to a multi-story brick […]

Source: http://www.eastbayexpress.com, March 31, 2014 By: Jean Tepperman The fight against shipping crude oil by rail through Bay Area communities intensified late last week when environmental groups filed suit to stop Kinder-Morgan from shipping highly explosive Bakken crude oil through its rail yard in Richmond. The groups are also suing the Bay Area Air Quality […]

Source: http://www.ibamag.com, March 30, 2014 By: Caitlin Bronson As events have led to increased public awareness of environmental liabilities, the demand for coverage – as well as environmental insurance’s profile – has risen dramatically The standard refrain on environmental insurance is that companies only purchase it when it’s required or when their liabilities are so […]

Source: http://www.selmatimesjournal.com, March 29, 2014 By: Jay Sowers Complaints have surrounded the wastewater treatment facilities in Uniontown for the better part of a decade, and no party has yet to take responsibility for the putrid situation residents find themselves in. Esther Calhoun, Uniontown resident and president of Black Belt Citizens for Health and Justice, said […]

Source: http://www.kimatv.com, March 31, 2014 Governor Jay Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson today issued new demands to the U.S. Department of Energy to ensure timely Hanford cleanup in the form of a proposed plan to revise the 2010 Consent Decree. The proposal aims to prevent the federal government from delaying cleanup of Hanford’s radioactive […]

Read here about an insurance company that has been ordered to pay millions to an apartment complex that had leaks and mold.

Source: Odessa American (TX), March 31, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com In the wake of the discovery of xylene in the city’s sewer system, the Odessa City Council has passed a resolution that will allow them to file civil lawsuits against companies or individuals who they suspect are in violation of the Texas Water Code. Under […]

Source: Star Tribune, March 30, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The discovery that toxic vapor can rise from contaminated groundwater has undercut decades of pollution cleanup efforts in Minnesota, prompting state regulators to revisit 293 cleanup sites to determine if contaminants that once seemed contained underground are producing health hazards today. While cleanups in southeast Minneapolis […]

Source: The Bakersfield California, March 30, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The leaking, 40-year-old gas pipeline that prompted last week’s evacuation of about three dozen Arvin residents, some of whom had been sickened, was never inspected because, at just 3 inches in diameter, the pipe falls below state and federal standards that would require such testing, […]

Source: http://www.wptv.com, August 20, 2013 By: Dan Krauth New lawsuits filed in Acreage ‘cancer cluster’ New water tests conducted over the past few months in The Acreage show there are high levels of radioactive material in the water, according to lawsuits recently filed in South Florida. In the lawsuits, attorney Jack Scarola claims two South […]

Source: http://www.businessinsurance.com, March 28, 2014 By: Judy Greenwald A federal judge in Louisiana has ordered an Ace Ltd. unit to pay an energy company $11.3 million in defense costs and attorneys fees, stemming from an environmental liability policy dispute. The “highly contentious dispute” between Baton Rouge, La.-based Louisiana Generating L.L.C. and Chicago-based Illinois Union Insurance […]