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Illinois Court Finds Duty to Defend Underlying Toxic Tort Claims
2015-02-14 07:29:32| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
In its recent decision in Ill. Tool Works Inc. v. Travelers Cas. & Sur. Co., 2015 IL App 132350 , the Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, had occasion to consider whether an insurer has a duty to defend its insured against a toxic tort complaint that does not set forth when the exposure to the insured's product occurred or when the injury manifested.
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North Carolina's Amended Repose Law Fails to Save Barred Toxic Tort Claim
2015-02-13 03:09:48| Electronics - Topix.net
Notwithstanding the intent of the North Carolina legislature, a federal court ruled that the state's recently amended law exempting groundwater contamination suits from a 10-year statute of repose did not save a latent toxic tort action. See Stahle v.
Judge tells Jersey City Mayor Fulop he can't halt toxic land cleanup
2015-02-11 06:06:40| Chemicals - Topix.net
A Hudson County Superior Court judge on Friday halted Mayor Steve Fulop's attempt to bar PPG Industries from the chromium-contaminated land the firm is cleaning up on Garfield Avenue. Fulop said last week that he wanted to stop the cleanup effective yesterday because, he said, the firm refuses to clean up the land to the city's preferred standards.
257,000 people could die from Chinas toxic air over the next decade
2015-02-07 13:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: If nothing is done to slash the levels of toxic smog in Chinas air, some 257,000 Chinese people could die over the next decade from pollution-related diseases, according to a new study released this week by Peking University and Greenpeace. That really is a lot of people; its roughly equal to the population of Orlando, Fla., or Buffalo, N.Y. The researchers analyzed the 2013 levels of whats known as PM2.5 pollutants - tiny airborne particles billowing from Chinas coal production and industry....
Chinas Toxic Air Could Kill a Population the Size of Orlando
2015-02-06 17:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateDesk: The country`s pollution could contribute to 257,000 deaths over the next decade. If nothing is done to slash the levels of toxic smog in China`s air, some 257,000 Chinese people could die over the next decade from pollution-related diseases, according to a new study released this week by Peking University and Greenpeace. That really is a lot of people; it`s roughly equal to the population of Orlando, Fla., or Buffalo, N.Y. The researchers analyzed the 2013 levels of what`s known as PM2.5 pollutants--tiny...
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