By Nora Lockwood Tooher Lawyers USA Homeowners in a south Florida neighborhood have been granted class-action status in state court to sue realtors and contractors who built and sold them homes made with tainted Chinese drywall. Jason and Melissa Harrell, ...

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Miami (AP) — Officials of an East Coast homebuilder worried about the malodorous Chinese drywall the company was using in Florida homes in 2006, but didn’t alert most of the company’s customers or government officials, according to court documents. The ...

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By Paul Snyder A family seeking payback for health, business and property losses allegedly caused by a wind farm suffered a setback Thursday when the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin rejected the complaint. PSC Chairman Eric Callisto said the commission ...

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Eric Tucker AP Writer Providence, RI — Three companies that sold lead-based paint and were sued by the state in a landmark case cannot recover money they spent defending themselves in the lawsuit, a judge has ruled. Rhode Island in ...

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SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) — A northwestern Wisconsin man who was arrested for trespassing on his own property no longer faces charges. During a pretrial hearing in Douglas County Monday, 27-year-old Jeremy Engelking learned prosecutors will not pursue a disorderly conduct ...

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By Paul Snyder Miron Construction Co. Inc. is firing back at a former employee who is suing the company for wrongful termination. Michael Robertson, a former Miron project foreman, filed a complaint in March in Marathon County Circuit Court claiming ...

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By Paul Snyder The chocolate brown color of Black Earth Creek near Mazomanie on Sunday prompted Village Trustee Mike Krawczyk to drive upstream toward Cross Plains to fish for trout. As the Mazomanie representative headed toward clearer water, he said, ...

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The owners of Didion Ethanol LLC on Monday agreed to pay $525,000 to the state to settle charges that the company’s plant violated state construction and operating permits. The state on March 26 sued Didion Ethanol, which runs a plant ...

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By Sean Ryan Milwaukee’s local bidder preference Monday withstood legal challenges filed by sewer contractors that lost projects because of the law. Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge William Pocan ruled the city of Milwaukee can apply the preference to sewer ...

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By Sean Ryan Construction bids are due May 11 for an Interstate 43 interchange project likely to be tied up in an eminent domain lawsuit until at least fall. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is collecting bids for an estimated ...

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