Source: http://www.cnbc.com, December 21, 2016 By: Berkeley Lovelace Jr. DuPont was ordered on Wednesday to pay $2 million after a jury found the company liable for diseases linked to a Teflon-making chemical, Reuters reported. The multinational chemical giant will pay a man who said he developed testicular cancer from exposure to a toxic chemical leaked […]

Source: http://billingsgazette.com, December 13, 2016 By: Christine Peterson Sinclair Casper Refining Company recently paid the Environmental Protection Agency $655,000 to settle a decades-old cleanup in Thermopolis. The company agreed in September to pay for costs associated with reclaiming the site of the company’s Thermopolis oil refinery, which operated from 1920 to 1969, according to a […]

Source: http://patersontimes.com, December 13, 2016 By: Jayed Rahman The former environmental occupational health and safety officer for the Paterson Public Schools claims the state-operated district improperly handled asbestos and mold removal at a number schools buildings in a lawsuit filed in New Jersey Superior Court. Brenda Zemo, who worked at the district over the past […]

Source: http://norcalrecord.com, December 8, 2016 By: Kristin Danley-Greiner A trial date has been set for the end of January in an insurance coverage case to determine who is responsible for water and mold damage sustained in a condominium. Saarman Construction Ltd. was hired by a homeowners association to complete repairs on the exterior of a […]

Source: http://www.nj.com, December 7, 2016 By: Fausto Giovanny Pinto A former environmental officer is suing Paterson Schools, claiming the district mishandled numerous environmental issues like mold and asbestos removal in violation of federal regulations. Brenda Zemo, an Environmental Occupational Health and Safety Officer since 2008, claims she was subjected to a hostile workplace after she […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, September 22, 2016 By: Walter Wright and Rachel Hildebrand, Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard PLLC An Ohio federal district court addressed whether a landfill operator’s insurer was obligated under a claims-based Environmental Impairment Liability (“EIL”) policy to defend and indemnify against claims concerning odors emanating from the landfill. See Tunnell Hill Reclamation, […]

Source: http://jacksonville.com, October 17, 2016 By: Steve Patterson A company fighting a city lawsuit over old industrial pollution around Jacksonville’s Hogans Creek has collected $4 million from environmental insurance policies a second company says show liability, papers filed by the second company say. That second company, Houston Pipe Line, says the payments show Continental Holdings […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, September 22, 2016 By: Walter Wright and Rachel Hildebrand, Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard PLLC An Ohio federal district court addressed whether a landfill operator’s insurer was obligated under a claims-based Environmental Impairment Liability (“EIL”) policy to defend and indemnify against claims concerning odors emanating from the landfill. See Tunnell Hill Reclamation, […]

Source: http://www.crainsdetroit.com, September 19, 2016 By: Saulius Mikalonis “Because lead-based paint is the most important source of lead exposure for young children, the first essential element of primary prevention is implementation of strategies to control lead paint-contaminated house dust and soil and poorly maintained lead paint in housing.” — Preventing Lead Poisoning in Young Children, […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, August 9, 2016 By: Andrew H. Perellis, Patrick D. Joyce and Craig B. Simonsen, Seyfarth Shaw LLP Seyfarth Synopsis: The Northern District of Indiana rejected the insurer’s assertion that its pollution exclusion clauses unambiguously included all contaminants. Indiana, unlike other jurisdictions, is pro-insured when it comes to providing coverage for damages arising from […]

Source: http://www.cem.va.gov What Do You Need to Consider? Do you perform clearing, grading, or excavation activities? Do you build roads, golf courses, playing fields, homes, or buildings? Are you involved in demolition activities? Will you discharge dredged or fill material to a waterway or wetland? Are you involved in tunnel or pipeline projects? If so, […]

Source: http://www.businessinsurance.com, June 30, 2016 By: Judy Greenwald Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. units are obligated to indemnify an engineering company in connection with an industrial accident at a nuclear power plant that killed one worker and injured several others, says a federal appeals court, in partially reversing a lower court ruling. The U.S. Court […]