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 […]

Source: https://www.natlawreview.com/, August 17, 2022 We previously reported on various Georgia PFAS lawsuits that allege drinking water pollution from the carpet manufacturing industry based in Dalton, Georgia (the “carpet capital of the world”). As we reported, the lawsuits named numerous downstream users of PFAS as responsible entities in the litigation, and we predicted that the lawsuits […]

Source: https://mainebeacon.com/, August 16, 2022 By: Dan Neumann A federal judge has indicated support for one of largest environmental settlements in Maine history, signaling a possible resolution to a decades-long legal battle over mercury pollution in the Penobscot River. U.S. District Judge John Woodcock has given conditional approval to a consent decree that would require Mallinckrodt […]

Source: https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/, August 16, 2022 As the rotten egg smell caused by a chemical release continues to waft in parts of South Jersey, a lawsuit has been filed against the trucking company and maker of the chemical causing the stench and a town hall is planned to address residents’ concerns. A woman filed the suit against TransChem […]

Source: https://www.vox.com/, August 16, 2022 By: Liz Scheltens In the 1950s, the US and Canada embarked on a massive project to widen the St. Lawrence River, transforming the region to facilitate commerce, attract industry, and boost both nations’ economies. But there was a third nation in the region whose people were not consulted, and whose […]

Source: https://www.fox2detroit.com/, August 11, 2022 A judge declared a mistrial Thursday after jurors said they couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict in a dispute over whether two engineering firms should bear some responsibility for Flint’s lead-contaminated water. Veolia North America and Lockwood, Andrews & Newman, known as LAN, were accused of not doing enough to get […]

Source: https://www.bizjournals.com/, August 9, 2022 By: Matt Markovich Construction design contracts address important legal issues and allocate risk between design professionals and owners. But some owners do not adequately scrutinize the provisions of contracts because the legal terms and conditions are typically attached to the very end of the proposal and are written in fine […]

Source: https://news-bulletin.com/, August 11, 2022 By: Theresa Davis Residents at Jubilee in Los Lunas have a sand problem. In recent months, they say the fine particles have seeped through windows, piled up in backyards and lodged under roof shingles. The Los Lunas homeowners are now suing the businesses behind the Sierra Vista development on N.M. […]

Source: https://www.jsonline.com/, August 9, 2022 By: Laura Schulte Contaminated soil was found along an oil pipeline in northern Wisconsin, a mile from the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa reservation. The contaminated soil was found in the area around the existing Enbridge Energy Line 5 pipeline, which transports 545,000 barrels a day of […]

Source: https://www.jdsupra.com, July 20, 2022 In recent years, there has been no shortage of articles and conferences on the coming wave of PFAS litigation, and with good reason. Heightened scrutiny and tightening regulation by USEPA, the ever-growing AFFF MDL, and the likely listing of PFOA and PFOS as “hazardous substances” make the discussion warranted. Amidst […]