Source: http://www.cnn.com, August 31, 207 By: Nicole Chavez and Holly Yan A spate of unexpected disasters are gripping Texas cities nearly a week after Hurricane Harvey slammed into the coast. The entire city of Beaumont has no running water after both of its water pumps failed. And they won’t be fixed until the floodwater has […]

Source: http://www.constructionrisk.com, August 2017 By: Kent Holland Where lead-based paint was ingested by a tenant’s child, the tenant sued her landlord for injuries allegedly sustained by the child. The landlord tendered the claim to its commercial general liability (CGL) insurer who, instead of defending the case, filed a declaratory judgment action seeking a determination that […]

Source: http://www.jdsupra.com, August 14,2 017 In Energy Ins. Mutual Ltd. v. Ace American Ins. Co. (No. A140656, filed 7/11/17, ord. Pub. 8/10/17), a California appeals court found that a professional services exclusion barred coverage for wrongful death and other claims blamed on pipeline inspectors’ failure to identify and properly mark a gas pipeline that was […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com, August 8, 2017 By: Daniel McLennon, Smith Currie & Hancock A recent trend in design-build contracting, especially on large projects, is for the owner to incorporate a heightened standard of care for the design aspects of the building. Creeping into contracts is language requiring the project to perform according to unspecified expectations, such […]

Source: http://www.krcrtv.com, August 9, 2017 By: Jerry Olenyn Heavy rains expose design flaw in gutter system Six condominiums in the Doe Mill subdivision at East 20th and Hutchinson Streets are being cleaned, repaired and redesigned because of a design flaw in the gutters, after non-toxic black mold was discovered inside. Tom DiGiovanni, the president of […]

Read here about a ruptured tank at an Ohio plant that spilled molten glass.

Source: http://www.miamiherald.com, January 29, 2017 By: Alfonso Chardy The train is late out of the station. That’s because the station and the train have a size problem. Plans to open the new Amtrak station near Miami International Airport are behind schedule, Florida transportation officials say. Source of the problem: an engineering error in the construction […]

Source: http://wivb.com, August 7, 2017 By: Ali Ingersoll The Town of West Seneca is moving forward, filing a civil lawsuit against the Burchfield designers — Louis Design Group and Nussbaumer & Clarke, inc. The town taking legal action after a consultant came in, looking at the Burchfield Nature and Art Center, determining a man made […]

Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com, August 8, 2017 By: Michael Hawthorne Federal environmental regulators are cracking down on a Southeast Side company after finding high levels of brain-damaging manganese in a low-income, predominantly Latino neighborhood. Air quality monitors posted around the S.H. Bell Co. storage terminal recorded violations of federal health standards during nearly 40 percent of the […]

Read here about almost $400 million in environmental lawsuits that DuPont has agreed to settle.

Source: http://wvmetronews.com, July 13, 2017 By: Carrie Hodousek Charleston’s Yeager Airport has entered into a partial settlement with an engineering firm it sued following the 2015 hillside collapse at the end of the airport’s main runway. Yeager’s Resolution Committee announced Thursday it has settled with Triad Engineering, Inc. for $900,000. “It releases the officers and […]

Read here about 5 people who have been diagnosed with Legionnaires disease after stay at The Guest House at Graceland.