Source: http://fpn.advisen.com/#top Aug. 23–An engineering firm that consulted on the Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis that collapsed three years ago has agreed to pay $52.4 million to victims. San Francisco-based URS Corp. had been sued by more than 100 people. They accused the company of missing warning signs on the bridge before its rush-hour collapse […]

Acknowledgement to XL Environmental THE CLAIM An environmental consultant insured by XL was retained by the then owner of a parcel of land to prepare Phase I / Phase II Site Assessments in support of the sale of this land. Following the sale of the property, litigation was filed against our insured and its client […]

Acknowledgement to XL Environmental THE CLAIM An environmental consultant insured by XL was contracted to provide environmental permitting services for its client, a manufacturer of wood products. The insured’s client planned to construct a batch plant facility and the insured was retained to assist in obtaining the required air permit. The permit was issued and […]

Acknowledgement to XL Environmental THE CLAIM A construction manager (CM) retained an XL insured environmental consultant to perform hydro-geological services for the construction of two high rise residential towers. The insured prepared a groundwater management plan which included the design of a dewatering system and monitoring of the dewatering activities during excavation. After construction completion, a sinkhole and […]

Acknowledgement to XL Environmental THE CLAIM An XL insured environmental consultant provided landfill closure services to a landfill client. The insured’s services included certification to authorities of the moisture content of the soils used in the landfill cover. Incorrect cap testing data was inadvertently used in the insured’s closure certification to state authorities. This error […]

Acknowledgement to XL Environmental THE CLAIM An XL insured laboratory contracted with a general contractor (GC) to provide analysis of mold spores taken from a hospital mold remediation and reconstruction project. Following a failed remediation project, the hospital sued the GC alleging various errors in the GC’s project services. The GC filed a third-party action […]

Acknowledgement to XL Environmental THE CLAIM A general contractor / construction manager (GC/CM), insured by XL, was hired to construct two condominium towers. The insured subcontracted the surveying work required for the two phases of the project. After the foundations and footings for Phase I were erected, it was discovered that the footprint encroached on […]

Acknowledgement to XL Environmental THE CLAIM Our insured, a mechanical contractor, was retained as a subcontractor during the construction of a medical center. The insured subcontracted the underground storage tank (UST) installation, fuel line connections to the existing building, and associated engineering work to another contractor. Part of that subcontracted work included the removal of […]

Acknowledgement to XL Environmental THE CLAIM An insured contractor was retained to build a church under the design/build construction project delivery method. After the church was completed, the owner noticed cracked concrete, uneven floor tiles, and damage to interior and exterior walls. It was determined that excessive moisture had migrated under the church, causing the […]

A 24 year old Olympia man settled a dangerous-highway-design lawsuit against the Washington State Department of Transportation for $2 million. The man was critically injured when his motorcycle hit a car turning left onto the controversial intersection at Lynch Road and SR 101 near Shelton. After two months in the hospital and 15 surgeries, the […]

The family of a 10-year-old girl who died in a 2006 tornado is blaming a Minnesota homebuilder for the child’s death. In a wrongful death lawsuit in County District Court, the family claims poor construction, not a tornado, is to blame for the girl’s death. The family maintains that the girl’s death might have been […]

The insurer that issued the performance bond for a portion of the troubled Interstate-84 construction in Connecticut will pay $17.5 million to settle claims involving installation of defective drains. The payment from the insurer on behalf of the primary contractor for the project will allow the state to begin repairing the defective drains along a […]