Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com/ A road contactor was hired to apply a sealing coat to a new concrete garage next to a hospital. During the application of the sealant, fumes migrated into the hospital’s air intake system. Several patients and hospital staff were overcome by the fumes and became ill. Lawsuits were filed alleging bodily injury and […]

Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com/ Looking to expand their logistical operations, an e-commerce company purchased a large piece of property that seemed suitable for redevelopment into a warehouse. Prior to their purchase, the company went through proper due diligence and conducted a Phase I site assessment. The Phase I did not note any known contamination onsite, but as […]

Source: https://sentientmedia.org/, April 10, 2025 By: Nina B. Elkadi On March 10, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources received two phone calls. One caller phoned to complain that manure runoff was entering a tributary of Dry Run Creek, a waterway that provides vital habitat for fish and other wildlife in Winneshiek County, Iowa. The other caller […]

Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com/ The insured was an owner of an upscale shopping center. A dry cleaner tenant located in the shopping center was failing to adequately contain perchloroethylene (PCE) solvent canisters. The canisters were improperly stored in an exterior trash container, and over time the PCE leaked and migrated off-site. The PCE flow contaminated several adjacent […]

Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com/ Looking to expand their operations, a company purchased a large piece of property that seemed suitable for redevelopment. Prior to their purchase, the company went through proper due diligence and conducted a Phase I site assessment. The Phase I did not note any known contamination onsite, but as the company began construction, they […]

Source: https://local21news.com/, April 3, 2025 By: Isaac Embry The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a lawsuit against Talen Energy Corporation and Brunner Island for allegedly failing to control toxic coal ash pollution risks from a storage impoundment on the banks of the Susquehanna River. Brunner Island, a power plant in York Haven, stores larges […]

Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com/ Due to the recent high profile of this class of chemical, many municipal water systems in the United States are continually testing for PFAS in drinking water. A small town found elevated levels in several sentinel wells and began investigating potential upgradient sources. A local industrial park partially upgradient from the water supply […]

Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com The presence of legionella was detected in the hot water system of a resort property. The state health regulatory agency became involved and a qualified consultant was hired to investigate and remediate the property. A claim was made immediately for the remediation and what could have been an extensive and lengthy remediation process […]

Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com/ A general contractor, building a large senior living complex using wood frame construction, experienced frequent rains during the early stages of construction. Unfortunately, this led to delays in the work, allowing the wood frame to be exposed to the weather for extended periods. As a result, water damage and significant mold growth occurred. […]

Source: https://www.jdsupra.com/, March 25, 2025 By: William Craven & Brenden Dougherty, Akerman LLP In Nationwide Property & Casualty Insurance Company v. Hampton Court, L.P., et al.[1] the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia granted an insurer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings that it owed no duty to defend an underlying suit […]

Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com/ A site which had been purchased five years prior and insured under a premises policy was being redeveloped into multi-family residential units. During the development process, soil was being removed from the basement and testing revealed lead and other wastes. Upon further testing, a “hot spot” was identified that required removal and disposal […]

Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com/ Workers in a municipal building, located near a solvent recycler, started to notice a suspicious odor. After investigation, it was determined that the vapors were caused by solvent contaminated groundwater underneath the recycling facility as a result of improper historical practices of storage disposal. The workers claimed the solvent vapors were both fire […]