Source: http://www.lexology.com, December 1, 2012 By: William A. Ruskin, Epstein Becker Green There is a significant risk that there will be a resurgence of mold claims and mold litigation in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Sandy left behind thousands of homes and offices in New York and New Jersey with flood-soaked flooring and sheet rock […]

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 8, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A state appellate court ordered a Washington County court Friday to consider hearing arguments to unseal records in a case in which a Washington County family claimed it was harmed by nearby gas drilling. Stephanie and Chris Hallowich sued Range Resources, MarkWest Energy Partners and Williams […]

Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 7, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A Paulsboro woman has filed a $10 million lawsuit against Conrail and its parent companies because of the train derailment that released a toxic chemical into the air and water. Alice Breeman filed the suit in federal district court in Camden, seeking more than $150,000 […]

Source: Asbury Park Press (NJ), December 4, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The pile of storm debris loomed nearly two stories high in Sea Bright. Cranes worked through the afternoon one Sunday to sort the sodden, moldy refuse. A month after superstorm Sandy flooded homes along the New Jersey Shore, piles of destroyed appliances and mud-soaked […]

Read here about a Chinese drywall supplier in New Orleans that has been cleared in a lawsuit.

Source: Odessa American, Texas, December 5, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A man injured in an oil spill on North Loop 250 in Midland has requested to join an environmental lawsuit filed by Ector County against Monahans-based Quell Petroleum. In response to that request, Quell Petroleum filed a motion to transfer the personal injury case and […]

Read here about obstacles that will likely delay drilling until late in 2013.

Source: http://www.lexology.com By: Steven M. Siros, Jenner & Block On November 21, 2012, a federal district court in Wisconsin rejected PRP efforts to seek modification of the remedial plan established by U.S. EPA and the State of Wisconsin to address PCB-contaminated sediments in the Fox River. In 2010, U.S. EPA and the State of Wisconsin […]

Source: http://www.insurancejournal.com, December 5, 2012 By: Andrea Wells After four years of one of the most challenging construction markets, construction insurance experts are beginning to see signs of a slow recovery with some of their contractor and builder accounts. The current opportunities are in apartment buildings, energy facilities, education, hospitals and other healthcare-related facilities. When […]

Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel (CA), December 1, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Environmental groups are seeking to force state officials to implement strict rules for farm water runoff with a lawsuit filed Thursday in Sacramento Superior Court. The lawsuit alleges the state Water Resources Control Board acted unlawfully when, in September, it delayed reporting and monitoring […]

Read here a about closing arguments that have been made in a Maryland Poultry suit.  

Source: The State, Columbia, SC, December 2, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Cooking was easy until Peggy Wise learned that toxins were polluting her family’s water supply. Soon after the discovery two years ago near Pelion, state regulators installed a filter system under her kitchen sink to provide clean drinking water. But the system is limited […]