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March 4, 2025

UST Leaks Fuel in Airport Hangar

Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com/ During a routine tank tightness test at an airport hangar, it was discovered that some fuel leaked from an underground storage tank. It was determined that the seal in a coupling device that connected the tank to the piping had failed, and gasoline was leaking out of the pipe connection. Upon inspection, it […]

March 4, 2025

Rainwater Leads to Mold in Airport Hangar

Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com/ During a particularly heavy storm, rainwater gathered in a puddle on the roof of an airport hangar. Due to a clogged drain, the water level rose higher than the installed protective flashing and entered the drywall behind a storage shelf. Over time, mold developed resulting in a costly clean-up and there was potential […]

March 3, 2025

Farm Fumes/Odors Lead to Claim

Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com/ A farmer was sued by a neighbor from a nearby residential development alleging that the fumes/odors from the spread of manure and other herbicides/pesticides caused her to suffer migraine headaches and other related health problems. As a result a claim was made for defense and indemnification for the bodily injury lawsuit. Read more.

March 3, 2025

Windstorm Results in Fuel Spill

Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com/ A claim was made by the owners of a farm producing berries when a windstorm resulted in a large fuel spill affecting the area. As a result clean-up including monitoring and testing of groundwater were required. A claim was made for clean-up costs and business interruption as the processing facility was closed for […]

March 3, 2025

Farmer Oversprays Herbicide to Neighboring Farm

Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com/ A farmer in California had claims for property damage made against him for contracting services when the herbicide being used was over sprayed onto a neighboring farm resulting in damage to the neighbor’s crops. A claim was made for the value of the damaged crops. Read more.

March 3, 2025

Midwest Soybean Producer Sustains Ammonia Release

Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com/ A Midwest producer of soybeans sustained a large ammonia release when the piping on their above-ground storage tank failed causing the release of approximately 5,000 lbs. of liquid ammonia and additional ammonia vapor. As a result clean-up costs were incurred and a number of people at a neighboring facility complained of respiratory issues as […]

February 28, 2025

Ranchers devastated by side effects of commonly used fertilizer: ‘It’s destroying our lives’

Source: https://www.thecooldown.com/, February 26, 2025 By: Zachary Ehrmann Texas ranchers are facing devastating losses after fertilizer contaminated with dangerous per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances poisoned their livestock and land. A recent article in The Texas Tribune highlighted growing concerns about these toxic chemicals entering the food supply. What’s happening? Multiple Texas farming families have discovered that their land and animals […]

February 4, 2025

Milwaukee paid millions to clean up PCBs. Now, the city is suing the company that manufactured the chemicals.

Source: https://www.jsonline.com/, February 4, 2025 By: Tamia Fowlkes Since the early 2000s, the city and the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District have spent millions of dollars cleaning up carcinogenic chemicals from its sewers and waterways. That’s according to an ongoing lawsuit filed by the sewerage district and the City of Milwaukee against Monsanto, the chemical manufacturer now owned […]

January 29, 2025

Notorious US chemical plant polluting water with toxic PFAS, lawsuit claims

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/, January 27, 2025 By: Tom Perkins The chemical giant Chemours’s notorious West Virginia PFAS plant is regularly polluting nearby water with high levels of toxic “forever chemicals”, a new lawsuit alleges. It represents the latest salvo in a decades-old fight over pollution from the plant, called Washington Works, which continues despite public health advocates winning significant […]

January 28, 2025

Santa Monica school expansion delayed by toxic dry cleaning chemicals in soil

Source: https://www.latimes.com/, April 22, 2024 By: Tony Briscoe For years, school district officials had grand designs to revamp the campus of McKinley Elementary in Santa Monica. The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District intended to build a two-story building with eight state-of-the-art classrooms and a modernized front office. The project had already been funded by a […]

January 9, 2025

NJ Manufacturing Company Sues Insurer to Recoup PFAS Remediation Losses

Source: https://www.law.com/, January 8, 2025 By: Colleen Murphy Illinois Union Insurance, a Chubb subsidiary, was slapped with a federal insurance coverage lawsuit by Shamrock Technologies over the insurer’s refusal to provide coverage for per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) remediation. Shamrock alleged that Illinois has a duty to defend and pay for loss under their umbrella […]

January 9, 2025

Lawsuits filed over alleged ‘forever chemicals’ in Georgetown County drinking water

Source: https://www.wmbfnews.com/, January 9, 2024 By: Dylan Leatherwood The City of Georgetown and the Georgetown County Water & Sewer District are filing lawsuits over alleged PFAS, also known as forever chemicals, in the county’s drinking water. Both lawsuits, filed on Monday, name multiple defendants, most notably Fiber Industries, which owns and operates a textile mill […]

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