Source: https://pix11.com, March 22, 2019 By: Christie Duffy Rich and Tara Kazdan bought their dream home back in 2017. “It was perfect. We were going to raise our family. This is the town I grew up in,” said Tara Kazdan. But soon after, water started seeping through the walls and filling their basement, they said. […]

Source: https://www.irmi.com, September 2015 By: Kent Holland Where a natural gas pipe exploded due to construction workers disturbing it while working on an excavation project, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that the resulting bodily injury and property damage was caused by a “pollution condition,” i.e., the escape of the natural gas, and that the contractor’s […]

Source https://www.irmi.com, July 2014 By: Kent Holland A Wisconsin appeals court found that an insurer’s duty to defend under a contractors pollution liability (CPL) policy was not triggered by an explosion caused when a contractor hit a natural gas line. The court explained that the CPL policy only covered property damage and personal injury due […]

Source: https://www.fireengineering.com, February 6, 2019 A gas explosion in a San Francisco neighborhood shot flames into the air for hours Wednesday and burned five buildings, sending panicked residents and workers fleeing into the streets. It took utility crews more than two hours to put out the fire after private construction workers cut a natural gas […]

Source: https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com, January 9, 2018 By: Nina Schutzman A Millbrook district elementary school is open again, nearly four months after shutting down for mold remediation and renovations. And for Elm Drive Elementary’s 160-plus students, the re-opening of their building brought a fresh start and a homecoming. Elm Drive had been closed since September. While remediation and […]

Source: https://www.enr.com, October 24, 2018 By: Scott Van Voorhis The engineering giant was stuck with liability for an accident triggered by others The record of the fateful hours before the horrific June 2009 explosion at Conagra Brand’s now-defunct Slim Jim plant in North Carolina reveals an excruciating, slow-motion series of errors. Brought in to commission […]

Source: https://www.13wmaz.com, November 28, 2018 By: Avery Braxton The Mercer University Triangle is considered a hazardous site by the Environmental Protection Division. An area frequented by Mercer University students and Bibb County residents has been considered a hazardous site for years. The “Mercer University Triangle” lies right alongside Mercer Village and focused primarily where Montpelier […]

Source: https://www.theblaze.com, November 23, 2018 By: Teri Webster The University of Maryland in College Park is contending with fears about whether a student’s death from adenovirus was related to mold found in campus dorm rooms. Five more students also have illnesses tied to the virus, but it isn’t clear if mold is the culprit, according to published […]

Source: https://www.wftv.com, October 30, 2018 Dozens of buyers claim their new homes are falling apart, but a major builder refuses to fix defective stucco despite a multimillion-dollar state settlement. They sued KB Home. The homeowners claim new testing and internal documents show the new homes’ stucco coating failed building codes and the company knew it. […]

Source: https://www.wqpmag.com, October 8, 2018 The bacteria was discovered following two cases of Legionnaires’ disease Nine schools and one hotel in West Orange, N.J., discovered legionella bacteria following two confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease. The schools and hotel are flushing pipes and the hotel has replaced shower heads. The bacteria has been found in drinking water at all but three […]

Source: https://www.enr.com, August 30, 2018 By: Jeff Yoders UPDATE: Worker’s torch set off methane explosion The roof of the sludge concentration building at Chicago’s Calumet Water Reclamation Plant collapsed after an explosion Aug. 30 around 11 a.m. Ten people were hurt and successfully evacuated to area hospitals for treatment by the Chicago Fire Dept. The […]

Source: http://www.seacoastonline.com, August 3, 2018 By: Elizabeth Dinan A contractor accused in a federal lawsuit of faulty construction at the 100-unit Wamesit Place housing complex filed a court motion denying liability, while reporting if it is found liable, so too should five other contractors who worked there. The lawsuit was filed by Portsmouth attorney John […]