Source: https://www.jdsupra.com/, August 26, 2022 Companies at every level of the stream of commerce now face exposure to PFAS litigation. PFAS started out only as an issue for the chemical companies that created it, but like an uncoiling snake, it now bites anyone in its path. Whereas once litigation was aimed solely at chemical companies […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com/, August 25, 2022 By: Saxe Doernberger & Vita, P.C. In the July 5, 2022, case of Indian Harbor Ins. Co. v. Houston Casualty Co., the United States District Court for Colorado addressed the issue of whether damage to defectively installed balconies is considered “property damage” under Colorado law, requiring payment by a commercial general […]

Source: https://www.kiiitv.com/, August 17, 2022 By: Haley Williams The Texas Department of Transportation said Tuesday the developer of the new Harbor Bridge has defaulted on its contract and has 15 days to fix design flaws with the bridge or TxDOT will fire them. This comes a little more than a month after TxDOT halted all […]

Source: https://www.detroitnews.com/, August 24, 2022 By: Mark Hicks U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell announced Wednesday her office is working with federal officials to learn details of diesel released into the Detroit River in Trenton. The Dearborn Democrat said she learned overnight that the red-dye diesel was released overnight from an underground storage tank near the closed Riverside […]

Source: https://patch.com/, August 24, 2022 By: Eric Kiefer An allegedly “contaminated” industrial property in Newark near the county prison is the site of one of seven, new environmental enforcement actions launched across the state, authorities said. The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office and the state Department of Environmental Protection released details about each lawsuit on […]

Source: https://www.propertycasualty360.com/, August 24, 2022 By: Chris McQueen There’s been no shortage of work for contractors over the last two years thanks to a booming construction market that’s translated into plenty of demand for insurance coverage. But supply chain disruptions, skilled labor shortages, ever-changing contractual requirements and economic uncertainty are among the issues that can lead […]

Source: https://patch.com/, August 22, 2022 By: Neal McNamara Eversource has submitted a plan to state environmental regulators describing how the utility will clean up a contaminated former gas plant site in south Framingham. The former gas plant at 350 Irving St. closed in 2008, but the 25-acre site has remained contaminated with PCBs, lead, cyanide […]

Source: https://fox8.com/, August 22, 2022 By: Danielle Cotterman Emergency crews responded to the scene of a chemical release in Stark County Monday. According to officials, the incident took place just before 8 a.m. Monday at US Ecology, 2050 Central Avenue SE. According to Scott Johnson with Canton Township Fire, 5 people were affected by the chemicals. All 5 were […]

Source: https://news.northwestern.edu/, August 18, 2022 By: Amanda Morris PFAS, a group of manufactured chemicals commonly used since the 1940s, are called “forever chemicals” for a reason. Bacteria can’t eat them; fire can’t incinerate them; and water can’t dilute them. And, if these toxic chemicals are buried, they leach into surrounding soil, becoming a persistent problem […]

Source: https://www.nbcwashington.com/, August 20, 2022 By: Jackie Bensen Residents of base housing at the Fort Belvoir Army Installation in Fairfax County, Virginia, say they’re experiencing asthma flareups, skin rashes, headaches and other health problems due to mold in their homes. The residents said they don’t fault the U.S. Army but the company hired to build […]

Source: https://lawstreetmedia.com/, August 17, 2022 By: David Herman The state of New Hampshire has sued McCord Corporation, alleging violations of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) over environmental damage that McCord’s subsidiary (then named Davidson Rubber, Inc.), allegedly caused at its factory. According to the complaint, between 1966 and 2006, Davidson Rubber’s manufacture of  […]

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/, August 18, 2022 By: Wilfred Chan It sounded like a dream come true, complete with a handsome prince riding to the rescue: the construction of 109 new, sustainable, flood-proof and affordable houses in New Orleans’s Hurricane Katrina-ravaged Lower Ninth Ward, all thanks to movie star Brad Pitt. But the houses that were built […]