Source: http://www.lexology.com, November 2, 2012 By: Scott W. Davis, Bricker & Eckler LLP “The Heiles argue that the policy exclusions relied on by State Auto do not apply here. Indeed, the policy is riddled with definitions, exclusions, exceptions, exceptions to the exclusions and exclusions to the exceptions.” Heile v. State Auto. Mut. Ins. Co. (1999), […]

Source:  http://www.lexology.com, October 26, 2012 By: Stephen R. Berlin, Julie R. Domike and Richard L. Sieg of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP The United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) recently settled an enforcement action with The University of Massachusetts System (UMASS) for alleged violations of the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA). This action concerns […]

Read here about a Virginia Supreme Court ruling that homeowner’s insurance does not cover damages from Chinese drywall.  

Read here about a diesel fuel spill that resulted from Hurricane Sandy.

Source: http://triblive.com, October 23, 2012 By: Tory N. Parrish The value of claims filed as a result of an asphalt spill on the Pennsylvania Turnpike last year has more than doubled to $1.7 million since June. Attorney Thomas Frampton, the court-appointed special master for the case in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh, has received 616 […]

Source: http://www.stltoday.com, October 26, 2012 By: Leah Thorsen Hundreds of miles of railroad lines in three Missouri counties will continue to spread lead contamination, making a $70 million cleanup a waste of time and money, say lawyers for the mining company that footed the bill through a bankruptcy settlement. Arizona-based American Smelting and Refining Co. […]

Source: http://news.yahoo.com, October 11, 2012 High level of mold spores were detected in one of the residence halls of the University of Louisville. MoldRemoval.biz suggested the use of non-toxic mold remediation sprays to the officials for an effective and safe mold treatment. Louisville, KY (PRWEB) October 11, 2012 Mold took over a freshman residence building […]

Read here about 3 lawsuits filed in West Virginia over C8 exposure.  

Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, October 18, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A Findlay-based drilling company agreed to pay a $84,506 federal fine for air pollution and hazardous chemical violations in Washington County, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday. The EPA cited a subsidiary of Atlas Energy LP for several storage problems in 2008 and 2009. Atlas failed […]

Source: Pueblo Chieftain (CO), October 17, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A new cleanup standard for molybdenum levels in groundwater has drastically reduced the size of a cleanup area contaminated by the Cotter Corp. Uranium Mill. The mill and a portion of the neighboring Lincoln Park community became a part of a federal Environmental Protection Agency […]

Read here about lawsuit against a fruit cannery that remains unsettled.  

Source: http://www.lexology.com, October 5, 2012 By: Robert S. Sanoff, Foley Hoag LLP Like a comet which drags a long trail in its wake, large CERCLA cases in federal court often are accompanied by related insurance coverage cases in state court. That is true with the Lower Fox River Superfund Site in Wisconsin. While a firestorm […]