Source: http://www.lexology.com, June 5, 2015 By: Charles M. Denton, Barnes & Thornbug LLP The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, on Feb. 3, 2015, ruled in favor of a policyholder seeking insurance coverage for “Superfund” cleanup costs:  Decker Manufacturing Corp. v. Travelers Indemnity, No. 1:13-CV-820. The court rejected the insurer’s pollution exclusion defense: […]

Source: http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com, March 4, 2015 By: Eric Dietrich The city of Bozeman — facing three lawsuits filed over gases leaking from its closed Story Mill Landfill — may not have legal fees and potential damage awards covered by its municipal insurance, according to a fourth lawsuit filed in Helena. The suit, filed Dec. 15 by […]

Source: http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com, June 12, 2012 Three Kentucky whiskey makers are facing an environmental class action lawsuit alleging ethanol vapors given off during the aging process are leaving black spots called “whiskey fungus” on nearby cars and homes, and this fungus is allegedly causing permanent property damage. The class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of […]

Source: http://www.thenation.com, October 14, 2014 By: Sharon Lerner For years, radioactive waste has seeped into swampland, canals—even drinking water. Now a few families are fighting to hold the polluters accountable. This article was reported in partnership with the Investigative Fund at the Nation Institute, with support from the Gertrude Blumenthal Kasbekar Fund. A pixielike girl […]

Source: http://www.marylandaccidentlawblog.com, December 3, 2007 By: Lebowitz & Mzhen Anne Arundel resident Gayle K. Queen filed a class action lawsuit against power company Constellation Energy last week. Constellation Energy is the largest power company in Maryland. Queen says her husband David died of kidney failure in 2006 because he drank water with traces of arsenic, […]

Source: http://m.daytondailynews.com. February 13, 2015 By: Ben Sutherly Four lawsuits have now been filed against Miami Valley Hospital and other defendants over a February 2011 outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at the hospital. A lawsuit filed Wednesday in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court claims O’Dell Norman of Huber Heights became seriously ill after he allegedly contracted […]

Read here about concerns over water and air quality resulting from pig farms.

Source: http://www.lexology.com, February 5, 2015 By: Richard C. Bennett, Cozen O’Connor In Travco Ins. Co. v. Ward, 284 Va. 547, 736 S.E.2d 321 (2012), the Virginia Supreme Court held that loss occasioned by the sulfuric gas released by defective Chinese drywall was excluded under the primary coverage grant of a property policy because of exclusions […]

Source: Los Angeles Times, January 29, 2015 Posted on: http://fpn.advisen.com Exide Technologies is in trouble again with state environmental regulators who on Wednesday cited the Vernon battery recycler for eight hazardous-waste violations. Inspections last week by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency found the lead-acid battery recycling plant […]

Read here about a housing complex in New York that is contaminated with Legionnaire’s disease bacteria.

Source: http://www.dairyherd.com, January 15, 2015 By: Texas Agriculture Law Blog Late last year, a Wisconsin Supreme Court decision regarding manure gained the attention of agricultural law attorneys across the country, according to Tiffany Dowell Lashmet, assistant professor and Extension specialist specializing in agricultural law with Texas A&M Agrilife Extension. In that case, Wilson Mutual Insurance […]

Read here about clean up of an fuel spill in Alaska that will be taken over by the EPA as a result of the responsible party being “financially incapable of completing the cleanup.”