Source: http://www.eagletribune.com, December 20, 2013 By: Dustin Luca The town has officially settled a District Court lawsuit with Bancroft Road resident James Berberian, bringing an end to a toxic sludge case dating back to 2010. Berberian stands to be paid $500,000 in the settlement, finalized by a unanimous vote from the Board of Selectmen at […]

Read here about a mining company in Wisconsin that has been fined $200,000 in a 2011 pollution case.  

Source: http://www.natlawreview.com, December 18, 2013 By: Jill Berkeley, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP In Selective Ins. Co. v. Cherrytree Cos., 2013 IL App (3) 120959, the Illinois Appellate Court for the Third District drove the final nail in the insurer’s “if there is no duty to defend, there is no duty to indemnify” coffin. Holding […]

Source: http://www.lakenewsonline.com, December 18, 2013 By: Amy Wilson A settlement agreement has been reached in a long-running lawsuit over structural problems with buildings at a lake area condominium complex. A settlement agreement has been reached in a long-running lawsuit over structural problems with buildings at a lake area condominium complex. Mid County Fire Protection District […]

Source: http://www.boston.com, December 18, 2013 By: Martin Finucane The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority said today it had approved a $3.1 million settlement of a lawsuit against the consultants, contractors, and suppliers responsible for a section of water main in Weston that suffered a massive failure in May 2010, leaving nearly 2 million people in the […]

Read here about smog that has led to a health alert Utah.  

Read here about a settlement worth over $5 million between Utah and Chevron over a fuel spill.  

Source: The New York Times, December 17, 2013 Posted On: http://fpn.advisen.com The New York City Housing Authority will deal more quickly and more thoroughly with mold in its apartments as part of an agreement by the Bloomberg administration to settle a federal lawsuit by people living in housing projects and coping with asthma. Lawyers for […]

Source: New York Times Online, December 17, 2013 Posted on: http://fpn.advisen.com In 1885, as new engineering inventions were ushering in the era of the skyscraper, lawmakers in New York State enacted a law intended to safeguard construction workers who were finding themselves facing increasing dangers while working at ever-greater heights. That measure, which became known […]

Source: Los Angeles Times, December 17, 2013 Posted on: http://fpn.advisen.com A Northern California judge Monday found three paint companies liable for exposing children to a known poison and ordered them to pay $1.1 billion into a fund to remove lead from inside California homes. Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge James P. Kleinberg ruled that […]

Read here about a Kentucky company being sued by neighbors of a power plant who complain of breathing problems and pollution.  

Source: The New York Times, December 15, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The newest environmental threat to the Great Lakes is very, very small. Tiny plastic beads used in hundreds of toiletries like facial scrubs and toothpastes are slipping through water treatment plants and turning up by the tens of millions in the Great Lakes. There, […]