Source: http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com, November 28, 2014 By: Heidi Turner Two companies face almost $380,000 in fines for allegedly exposing employees to asbestos, putting them at risk of asbestosis and other diseases linked to asbestos. The fines are related to the demolition of an apartment building in Seattle, during which time employees were exposed to asbestos and […]

Source: http://www.bigclassaction.com, December 3, 2012 Two homeowners have filed a national defective products class action lawsuit against NCFI Polyurethanes and McGlaughlin Spray Foam Insulation Inc. The lawsuit contends that the companies manufactured and installed toxic insulation that can harm property and cause adverse health problems in people exposed to the product. Specifically, the lawsuit, entitled […]

Source: http://www.bigclassaction.com, July 15, 2013 A federal judge has ruled that Barnhardt Manufacturing Co. will face a consumer fraud class action lawsuit filed by a Pennsylvania couple who allege the spray polyurethane foam insulation (SPF) “remains toxic” after installation. Specifically, Daniel and Paula Slemmer Slemmer, who filed the lawsuit, allege the insulation is a health […]

Source: http://www.floridaconstructionlawyerblog.com, May 4, 2010 By: Siegfried, Rivera, Hyman, Lerner, De La Torre, Mars & Sobel, P.A. Construction law attorneys in Florida and several other states are keeping a close eye on several cases in federal court in Louisiana, where a judge recently awarded $164,000 for the costs of removing Chinese drywall from a home […]

Source: http://www.wjhg.com, January 5, 2012 By: Chad Mira Part of the long legal dispute over cost overrun and environmental fines involving the new airport construction project has ended. But the case may not yet be over. Phoenix Constructions owner James Finch and the Airport Authority agreed Thursday to drop their claims against each other. They […]

Source: http://www.asbestos.com Asbestos does not occur naturally in Florida, but large amounts of it were shipped to the state and even more contaminated products were used commercially in construction and other industries. According to records, at least 109,949 tons of asbestos were shipped from Libby, Montana, for processing in five Florida cities: Boca Raton, Jacksonville, […]

Source: https://atlantic2.sierraclub.org By: Karl Grossman The ECU—Environmental Crime Unit—of the Suffolk County district attorney’s office has figured prominently in major stories in the New York region in recent times. The ECU has been investigating the dumping of 50,000 tons or more of hazardous materials, including asbestos-laden debris, in Brentwood, Central Islip—two largely minority communities in […]

Source: http://www.publichealthwatchdog.com, May 8, 2014 By: Cynthia A. Diaz-Shephard Long Island, New York’s Town of Islip intends on filing lawsuits in an attempt to recover money from contractors who allegedly illegally dumped debris containing asbestos within the Roberto Clemente Park in Brentwood. The contractors may be charged criminally by the Suffolk County district attorney, as […]

Source: http://newyork.cbslocal.com, May 8, 2014 Lawsuits are being prepared as the investigation into toxic dumping at a Long Island park continues. As WCBS 880 Long Island Bureau Chief Mike Xirinachs reported, police were standing guard at the gate of the now-closed Roberto Clemente Park in Brentwood, after Suffolk County District Attorney Tom Spota said about […]

Source: FARS News Agency, November 27, 2014 Posted on: http://fpn.advisen.com In QBE Ins. Corp. v. Adjo Contracting Corp. (N.Y. App. Div. 2d Dep’t Oct. 29, 2014), an intermediate appellate court in New York confronted cross-appeals involving 15 different insurers embroiled in multiple lawsuits, including consolidated class actions. The core issue of the case was whether […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, November 15, 2014 By: Carl A. Salisbury, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP A well drilling company has an insurance policy that covers property damage to any well, hole, or formation, or to any drilling or well servicing machinery or equipment, arising out of operations performed by the drilling company.  The policy contains an […]

Read here about a deal that has been reached after a construction landslide in 2012 sent tons of debris into a waterway.