- Jon Lewis | July 02, 2010 8:19 AM | Birmingham, AL
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Toxic Substances
Property damage owners received the Order from the Court yesterday. They obtained 28% of the estimated $4.4 billion in damages, i.e.: the settlement was reached for $1.2 billion. That's how long it...
- Jon Lewis | June 16, 2010 3:53 PM | Birmingham, AL
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Toxic Substances
Well, here we are. Lawsuits have been filed, and BP is setting up a $20 billion fund to resolve legitimate claims. Would the claimants be better off in litigation or through a claim on the new...
- Pete Mackey | December 12, 2009 2:35 PM | Mobile, AL
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Toxic Substances
Last December, I published some posts following the coal ash spill near the Kingston, Tennessee power plant:
Homeowners Sue TVA for Environmental Spill
TVA - Business Before Regulations
The...
- Jon Lewis | August 13, 2009 4:13 PM | Birmingham, AL
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Miscellaneous
My grandfather had a saying when he would ask, What does insurance cover? The answer? EVERYTHING BUT THE LOSS. Isn't that the truth?
What happens to our premium money when we pay for our insurance?...
- Pete Mackey | February 19, 2009 10:30 AM | Mobile, AL
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Toxic Substances
The Tennessee Valley authority has revealed that the cleanup cost for the rupture of a containment pond in East Tennessee could reach the $825 million mark. When that containment pond ruptured, more...
- Pete Mackey | January 17, 2009 6:52 PM | Mobile, AL
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Miscellaneous
When you sue an insurance company for failing to pay your medical bills, chances are that your lawsuit will be governed by the Employees Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. That Act was...
- Pete Mackey | January 08, 2009 8:33 AM | Mobile, AL
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Toxic Substances
Prior to the fly ash sludge holding pond rupturing at the Kingston, Tn. steam plant on December 22, not many people even knew what fly ash was. In the aftermath of that disaster, news surfaced that...
- Pete Mackey | January 04, 2009 6:55 PM | Mobile, AL
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Miscellaneous
Two weeks after the area around the Kingston, Tn. steam plant was inundated with fly ash sludge after a holding pond ruptured, news has surfaced a TVA Inspector General had issued a report in...
- Pete Mackey | January 01, 2009 12:48 PM | Mobile, AL
Category:
Toxic Substances
Residents of a subdivision in Tennessee located near the Kingston, Tn. Power Plant filed a lawsuit against the Tennessee Valley Authority seeking $165,000,000 in damages caused by the rupture of a...
- Chrissie Cole | March 04, 2008 1:15 AM | Mobile, AL
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Workplace Injuries
Following a federal grand jury indictment earlier this week, six Orlando-area residents have been arrested by federal officials and charged with filing false storm claims with the federal government in 2005.Each of the six individuals arrested, are being charged in separate indictments, and accused of filing and collecting $2,000 in disaster assistance claims with the Federal Emergency...