Products Liability Series: What Is the Interplay Between Arkansas Workers' Compensation and Products Liability Actions?
What is the interplay between Arkansas Workers’ Compensation and Products Liability Actions? Under Arkansas law, an employee’s exclusive remedy for claims for work-related injuries against an employer is through the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission. The resulting difficulty for defendants…
Common Enemy Rule/Water Law: Federal District Court Addresses Claim by Adjacent Landowner Against City Official
Co-Author: Maddy Goolsby The United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (“Court”) addressed in a July 6 Memorandum issues arising out of stormwater moving from a property to an adjacent parcel at a lower elevation. See Hartman v. Borough, No. 1:21-CV-01735, 2022 WL…
Investigating and Remediating PFAS Contamination: Washington State Department of Ecology Issues Draft Guidance
The Washington State Department of Ecology (“WSDE”) issued a December 2022 document titled: Draft Guidance for Investigating and Remediating PFAS Contamination in Washington State (“Guidance”) See Publication No. 22-09-058. The Guidance states its purpose is to provide direction for investigating…
Arkansas Hybrid/Electric Vehicle Operation: ERSCA Schedules January 11th/12th North Little Rock Courses
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality Arkansas Energy Office (“AEO”) announced four hybrid/electric vehicle courses that will be held in North Little Rock this week. AEO notes that ERSCA will be holding the following classes: Wednesday January 11 @…
Particulate Matter/Clean Air Act National Ambient Air Quality Standard: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Proposed Rule to Strengthen Standard
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced on January 6th a proposed rule which will strengthen the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (“NAAQS”) for fine particulate matter.. EPA had previously announced on June 10, 2022, that it was reconsidering the Trump…