Source: https://www.usnews.com/, March 3, 2023 Las Vegas area health officials say Legionnaires’ disease was found in two people who stayed at the same hotel in recent months. The Southern Nevada Health District announced Friday it is looking into two cases reported in guests who stayed at The Orleans Hotel & Casino a few miles west of […]

Source: https://www.stripes.com/, March 3, 2023 By: Heather Gann Like the Birmingham Water Works, the city of Birmingham has also sued more than two dozen chemical manufacturers in South Carolina federal court over accusations of contaminating drinking water. In 2021 the city of Birmingham filed a similar case accusing the same companies of manufacturing products that contain […]

Source: https://www.101morefm.ca/, March 3, 2023 By: Linda Morgan Evertrust being sued for “deficiencies and failures” at Niagara Falls condo The developer behind the collapsed condo project in Welland is being sued by residents in a Niagara Falls condo. According to the CBC, the residents of Upper Vista Niagara Falls have filed a $10 million lawsuit […]

Source: https://www.stripes.com/, March 2, 2023 By: Heather Gann The Birmingham Water Works Board (BWWB) is taking multiple chemical companies to federal court in South Carolina, accusing them of contaminating Birmingham’s drinking water supply — which was never disclosed to the public before now. And despite contending in the suit that water continues to be contaminated, […]

Source: https://watercollaborativedelivery.org/, February 27, 2023 By: John Coffin Design-build contracts continue to mature and evolve in many aspects, including terms related to liability. In the world of water infrastructure delivery, design-build most often pairs a contractor and a design firm. The well-established risk management tools for these entities—developed over decades of exposure in the design-bid-build […]

Source: Liberty Mutual Insurance Over the past 2 years, microplastics have been the subject of hundreds of articles and studies discussing their  prevalence and potential impact on the environment and all forms of life The extent to which microplastics might be  harmful is currently unclear but the science is continuing to develop Furthermore, while litigation […]

Source Liberty Mutual Insurance Microplastics are fragments of any type of plastic less than 5 millimeters (mm) in length1 and are an increasing topic  of risk discussions due to their prevalence in the environment and negative impacts they potentially pose to the earth and its inhabitants. The term microplastics was first introduced to differentiate these […]

Source: https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/, February 28, 2023 By: Jared Weber The owners of Stamford’s historic lock factory — which may be headed for demolition — has filed a wide-ranging lawsuit claiming they were deceived into purchasing the property. Manhattan-based GAIA Real Estate has sued South End developer Building and Land Technology, the city of Stamford and multiple other entities […]

Source: https://www.businessinsurance.com/, February 28, 2023 By: Judy Greenwald An insurer can deny coverage based on a policy’s pollution exclusion even though it did not raise that issue in its original denial letter, a federal appeals court said Monday in affirming a lower court. Read more.

Source: https://www.mercurynews.com/, March 1, 2023 By: Gabriel Greschler A well-known Bay Area construction materials firm has unleashed harmful pollutants into Guadalupe River and Coyote Creek, threatening sensitive species of fish, frogs and salamanders, a newly filed lawsuit alleges. The Santa Clara County District Attorney claims that Graniterock, an over-century-old Watsonville-based corporation, has discharged stormwater from […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, March 1, 2023 According to a new survey from specialty broker Ames & Gough, insurers of professional liability for architects and engineers are planning additional rate increases to keep pace with rising claims costs, a backlog of litigation, worker shortages, and supply chain disruptions. Fifteen of 16 insurers – a significant representation of […]

Source: https://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/, February 27, 2023 By: Joseph P. Smith The township is moving on two fronts to deal with reported contamination of its drinking water sources with chemical compounds found in fire suppression foams. Attorneys for the township filed a six-count lawsuit on Feb. 16 in Burlington County Superior Court against 29 companies, leaving room […]