by Kent Holland | Jul 18, 2012 | Newsletter Article
J. Kent Holland Jr., J.D. A Wall Street Journal article (Associated Press) states that Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. has become the first major insurance company to announce that it will not issue policies to cover damage related to hydraulic fracturing. According...
by Kent Holland | Jul 18, 2012 | Newsletter Article
J. Kent Holland, Jr., J.D. Where a hydraulic fracturing well driller was sued by a homeowner who alleged his drinking water was contaminated by the release and discharge of pollutants and contaminants due to improper cement casing of the gas wells and other activities...
by Kent Holland | Feb 9, 2011 | Newsletter Article
Currently, federal or state established standards of safety thresholds for mold exposure are are non-existent. Scientific agreement has not even been reached on whether mold (or various types of mold) are hazardous or injurious to health. Nor are there standards for...
by Kent Holland | Feb 8, 2011 | Newsletter Article
The presence of mold in buildings and the resulting health effects are increasingly becoming a public concern. Office buildings have been evacuated, homeowners are fleeing their homes, renters are being relocated, and schools have been closed all due to what some...
by Kent Holland | Dec 31, 2010 | Newsletter Article
The mold exclusion in a builder’s risk insurance policy was held to be applicable to mold damage that resulted from covered watered damages that resulted when vandals turned on water taps of a new house just after substantial construction had been completed. Although...
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