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A Look At Legal & Liability Issues

Anne Vazquez — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:10:05 +0000

A just released survey sponsored by IREM sought to identify current and emerging legal/liability issues impacting real estate management professionals.

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Tyson Foods Sentenced to Pay Fine for OSHA Violation That Led to Worker Death

Heidi Schwartz — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:48:35 +0000

Earlier this month, Tyson Foods Inc. was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Arkansas to pay the maximum fine for willfully violating worker safety regulations that led to a worker's death in its River Valley Animal Foods (RVAF) plant in Texarkana, AR.

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Jury Splits Verdict in Duke Energy Environmental Case

Heidi Schwartz — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:31:04 +0000

In this case, the EPA alleged that Cinergy, which merged with Duke Energy in 2006, undertook six power plant upgrades in Indiana and Ohio without installing modern pollution controls.

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Tyson Foods Pleads Guilty to OSHA Violation That Led to Worker Death

Heidi Schwartz — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:32:11 +0000

Settlement resolves court case from October 2003, which involved a Tyson maintenance employee who was overcome with hydrogen sulfide gas while repairing a leak from a hydrolyzer and later died.

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The Right To Bear Arms…In Office Parking Lots

Heidi Schwartz — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:45:13 +0000

Keeping violence out of the workplace is a top priority for employers everywhere. But as more states pass laws giving employees the right to bring guns onto company parking lots, many facility managers are now concerned about compliance with OSHA workplace safety requirements.

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Concrete Tests Not So Well for New York Firm

Heidi Schwartz — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:38:26 +0000

Top executives from Testwell Laboratories have been indicted for corruption charges related to falsified or incomplete test results of many high profile steel and concrete construction projects in and around New York City.

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