Source: http://www.jdsupra.com, February 23, 2016 By: Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP In its recent decision in Nat’l Fire Ins. Co. v. James River Ins., 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19076 (D. Ariz. Feb. 16, 2016), the United States District Court for the District of Arizona had occasion to consider the application of a manuscript pollution […]

Source: Orlando Sentinel (FL), February 15, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com KB Home reached a settlement with the Florida Attorney General’s Office involving construction defects, failure to disclosure problems to buyers and denial of home-warranty claims for 1,688 houses across the state. At the core of the state’s three-year investigation were construction defects that led to […]

Source: The New York Times, November 10, 2015 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com As Lumber Liquidators continues to struggle after a safety crisis over its Chinese-made laminate flooring, a much smaller flooring company has been drawn into the spotlight. The hedge fund manager who publicly accused Lumber Liquidators of selling wood with dangerous levels of formaldehyde is […]

Source: Ironshore Environmental, November 2015 An asbestos abatement contractor was doing remediation in tunnels below a correctional institution. Lawsuits were filed on behalf of inmates alleging bodily injury from exposure to asbestos. After spending $425k in defense expenses, it was determined that the contractor was not liable for any damages potentially incurred.

Source: Ironshore Environmental, November 2015 A contractor installed a liner at a gypsum stack. The liner subsequently leaked. The contractor was obligated to contribute $1M towards the $15M cleanup of a neighboring waterway. $4M in defense expenses were incurred to get to settlement.

Source: http://timesofsandiego.com, October 19, 2015 By: Alexander Nguyen The San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board on Monday proposed a penalty of up to nearly $850,000 on San Altos-Lemon Grove, LLC for water quality violations related to construction activities at the 18-acre Valencia Hills site in Lemon Grove. The complaint alleges the developer allowed polluted storm […]

Source: http://abcnews.go.com, April 17, 2015 By: Matthew Larotonda Home improvement giant Lowe’s Companies Inc. has agreed to pay $500,000 after federal investigators found its home renovation contractors in nine states had violated safety standards for lead paint. The retail chain was also unable to provide documentation proving some contractors employed by the company were certified […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, August 27, 2015 By: Amy B. Briggs, Donna M. Carlton, Christine Spinella Davis, David B. Killalea, Stephen T. Raptis and Robert H. Shulman, Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP Why it matters: A California federal judge has ruled that an insurer had a duty to defend an apartment owner and its construction contractor in connection […]

Source: http://patch.com, June 21, 2012 Officials said their actions allegedly caused the release of asbestos dust and debris. Two men and the demolition company they operated have been indicted by a state grand jury on charges that they unlawfully removed asbestos from the former Zurbrugg Memorial Hospital in Riverside, without a license and using workers […]

Source: http://enr.construction.com, March 5, 2015 By: Nicholas Zeman, with Richard Korman A 12-story hospital addition in Dayton, Ohio that was hailed in 2010 as an advance in modular construction has turned into a major legal headache and source of costly losses to the construction team, its insurers and the project architect. The trouble emerged after […]

Source: http://www.wisbar.org, March 17, 2015 By: Joe Forward An insurer that covered a contractor’s liability for “pollution” damages must cover a share of defense costs and settlement amounts from a natural gas explosion that caused property damage and bodily injury, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled. In 2008, Dorner Inc. was performing road construction in Oconomowoc, which included […]

Source: http://www.bigclassaction.com, May 20, 2010 A $14 million settlement has been awarded in an asbestos lawsuit brought by a man from who alleged that he developed deadly abdominal cancer after being exposed to the mineral in the 1970s. William Aubin, now 59 years old and a retired firefighter, worked for his family’s construction company, Aubin […]