Source: https://www.wral.com/, October 7, 2021 By: Chris Lovingood A chemical wholesale company is taking responsibility after several drivers said their cars were pelted with an acid-like substance on N.C. Highway 147 in Durham last weekend. They’re now agreeing to help several drivers who were impacted and pay for vehicle damage. Read more.

Source: https://www.mondaq.com/, October 8, 2021 By: Pamela G. Michiels, Phelps Dunbar Professional liability policies, almost always written on a claims-made basis, typically contain a number of options for the insured to obtain an Extended Reporting Period (ERP). What does that mean? And why might it be necessary, or at least a good idea? While many […]

Source: https://www.mondaq.com/, October 8, 2021 By: Mary Frances Lindquist Rosamond, Phelps Dunbar Most architects, engineers and contractors’ professional liability policies are written on a claims-made basis, requiring a claim to be first made against the insured and reported to the insurer during the policy period. Claims-made policies typically contain a retroactive date limitation, which must […]

Source: https://lawstreetmedia.com/, October 6, 2021 By: Kendall Heebink A suit was filed Monday in the Eastern District of Louisiana by plaintiffs the United States of America and the State of Louisiana against defendant American Commercial Barge Line, LLC (ACBL). The plaintiffs filed suit against the defendant per the request of a host of federal and state […]

Source: Associated Press, October 6, 2021 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ Hoping to avoid a bitter and lengthy battle over money by victims, a judge on Wednesday said a mediator will be named to sort through claims arising from the collapse of a South Florida condominium that killed 98 people. The intent is for an agreement to […]

Source: https://www.sierraclub.org/, October 6, 2021 By: Jennifer Oldham Twin beige tanks stand amid stately evergreens in Colorado’s Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest. Their only companion is a silent pump jack. The inactive oil and gas site not only mars the view; it is also leaking toxic gases known to accelerate climate change. Video shot by an […]

Source: https://www.waterworld.com/, October 6, 2021 On September 30, three settlement agreements through the Central District of California’s courts will require three companies to pay $77.6 million for contaminated groundwater cleanup. The companies — Montrose Chemical Corporation of California, Bayer CropScience Inc, TFCF America Inc and Stauffer management Company LLC — agreed to pay for the […]

Source: https://www.law.com/, October 4, 2021 By: Meghann M. Cuniff A group of defendants led by Montrose Chemical Corp. will pay at least another $77 million to clean up contamination in Los Angeles from a former Montrose dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, or DDT, manufacturing plant in what a veteran litigator hailed as a “milestone” in a 31-year legal saga. Three partial […]

Source: https://6abc.com/, October 5, 2021 By: Michael Rubinkam Pennsylvania’s attorney general filed criminal charges Tuesday against the developer of a problem-plagued pipeline that takes natural gas liquids from the Marcellus Shale gas field to an export terminal near Philadelphia. Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced the case at a news conference at Marsh Creek State Park […]

Source: https://www.pressherald.com/, October 1, 2021 By: Megan Gray A federal judge began hearings Friday that could resolve a decades-long legal battle and begin one of the costliest environmental remediation projects in Maine history. In 2000, Maine People’s Alliance and the Natural Resources Defense Council sued Mallinckrodt US LLC over mercury contamination in the Penobscot River from […]

Source: https://www.laprogressive.com/ Sued last year by the state for its role as an owner and operator during the 1970s of a notoriously dirty lead-acid battery recycling facility in Vernon, just east of Los Angeles, NL Industries has filed a counterclaim arguing that property owners and other parties, including businesses, are to blame for area lead levels that […]

Source: https://www.coastalpoint.com/, September 30, 2021 Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings filed a lawsuit on Sept. 22 against agrochemical company Monsanto and two of its corporate spinoffs, alleging long-lasting damage to Delaware’s natural resources. The lawsuit seeks to recover damages and clean-up costs associated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) — extremely toxic and persistent chemicals which Monsanto manufactured […]