Environment and Pollution
PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERS
Over the past 25 years, general concern for the environment has grown substantially. Extensive damage caused by contamination together with the perceived threat to human health and the environment has created a mega-industry of environmental engineering professionals whose primary concern is to design and implement remedial plans to correct the consequences of environmental contamination. Theories [...]
NON-TRADITIONAL DAMAGES: EMOTIONAL HARM, FEAR OFFUTURE HARM, BYSTANDER DAMAGES AND MEDICAL MONITORING
Here’s a discussion of some extraordinary types of damages for injuries, and case in which such claims have succeeded and failed. The availability of these items depends on the law of the state that governs the litigation (called “the law of the jurisdiction”). While not explicitly based on risk, the newer harms often rely on [...]