Source: http://www.mondaq.com, March 28, 2017 By: Michael R. Velladao and Nicole R. Kardassakis, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP In Pitzer College v. Indian Harbor Ins. Co., 845 F.3d 993 (9th Cir. January 13, 2017), the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals certified the following questions to the California Supreme Court: Is California’s common […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, March 21, 2017 By: Marilyn B. Fagelson and Rachel Snow Kindseth, Murtha Cullina LLP In a significant Connecticut Appellate Court victory for policyholders, Murtha Cullina LLP helped Vanderbilt Minerals, LLC prevail in its coverage case against more than 20 of its insurance carriers, who had issued policies from the 1950s to the 1980s. […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, March 13, 2017 By: Michael H. Ginsberg , Jennifer Brinkman Flannery and Dominic I. Rupprecht, Jones Day Manufacturers with asbestos liabilities should pay attention to the March 7, 2017, ruling in R.T. Vanderbilt Company v. Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company by the Connecticut Appellate Court. While the court issued policyholder-friendly rulings on the […]

Source: http://norcalrecord.com, February 28, 2017 By: Charmaine Little Plaintiffs in a major construction lawsuit that ended with a San Diego law firm recovering nearly $5 million have decided to stay silent after the ruling was in their favor. The law firm, which represented Laurel Bay Community Association, won $4.7 million in the case that was […]

Source: http://www.eagletribune.com, March 9, 2017 By: Keith Eddings AG Healey seeks fines for alleged violations A prominent city contractor is rejecting allegations by Attorney General Maura Healey that his workers improperly handled asbestos hundreds of times while working on the reconstruction at Greater Lowell Technical School in 2014 and 2015. Healey alleges the contractor exposed […]

Source: http://www.natlawreview.com, February 1, 2017 By: Barbara J. Jordan, P.E., S.I. and Donald B. Leach, Jr. In 2008, Ohio Northern University (ONU) entered into a contract with Charles Construction Services, Inc. (CCS) for the construction of The Inn, a new luxury hotel and conference center on ONU’s Campus, consisting of 57,000 square feet of space, […]

Source: http://www.businessinsurance.com, March 8, 2017 By: Gavin Souter In a complex insurance coverage dispute over alleged asbestos-related claims arising out of industrial talc use and production, a Connecticut appeals court ruled on Monday that a policyholder who previously bought occurrence-based coverage should not be deemed uninsured for long-tail liability claims during years when only limited […]

Source: http://www.lowellsun.com, March 7, 2017 By: Amaris Castillo Students, faculty, and staff at Greater Lowell Technical High School risked exposure to asbestos due to the shoddy demolition and renovation work of Lawrence-based RM Technologies, Inc., according to a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Maura Healey. The complaint filed in Suffolk Superior Court alleges that workers […]

Source: https://therealdeal.com, March 1, 2017 By: Francisco Alvarado Property at 2121 N. Bayshore Drive was affected by leaky HVAC, residents say The condominium board at an older building in Edgewater is suing the engineering firm that designed the HVAC system at the property, alleging that the system caused extensive damage to the building. In a […]

Source: http://www.jdsupra.com, February 7, 2017 By: Brian Margolies, Traub Lieberman Strauss & Shrewsberry LLP In its recent decision in Saarman Construction, Ltd. v. Ironshore Specialty Ins. Co., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13633 (N.D. Cal. Jan 31, 2017), the United States District Court for the Northern District of California had occasion to consider the application of […]

Source: http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org, February 8, 2017 By: Lisa Sorg At 1,100 acres, Sutton Lake is home to schools of largemouth bass, catfish and crappie. However, the lake also contains high levels of selenium, both in the surface water and in muscles of fish, a consequence of years of coal ash discharge from Duke Energy power plant near […]

Source: https://www.asbestos.com, January 25, 2017 By: Beth Swantek An $80 million asbestos settlement involving two former Jackson County courthouse employees led to Missouri’s largest medical monitoring fund established in an asbestos case. The class-action asbestos lawsuit settled more than 30 years after a renovation exposed thousands of government workers to deadly asbestos fibers. Jackson County […]