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Confidential Site
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Florida |
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| Client: |
National homebuilder (confidential client) / Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. |
| Need: |
Contamination assessment and remediation activities were performed by a large, Florida-based environmental consulting firm at a former trap and skeet shooting range. Client required litigation support and expert witness services to support a damages claim against the consultant. |
| Scope: |
The claim against the consultant included damages for:
- Incomplete assessment of site contaminants.
- Installation and operation of multiple, ineffective remediation systems.
- Carrying costs for vertical construction based on a flawed projection of site remediation time frame.
- Costs associated with retaining additional environmental consulting services and the re-creation of data.
Consultant/defendant was unaware that arsenic and PAHs - in addition to lead and other contaminants - are typically found at trap and skeet shooting ranges, and therefore failed to perform adequate testing. Additionally, consultant installed two dewatering/pump-and-treat systems, ostensibly to remediate arsenic, without full plume delineation. It wasn't until after shutdown of the second system that additional plume delineation was performed, indicating that pump-and-treat would likely never have resulted in site-wide groundwater quality restoration.
HSA Golden's project-specific activities included:
- Review available project contracts, field notes, laboratory data, documents, correspondence, and depositions.
- Provide guidance regarding standard of care.
- Prepare summary reports.
- Provide deposition testimony.
- Expert services successfully supported client's/plaintiff's claim against the consultant.
- Claim settled for significant (undisclosed) amount immediately prior to commencement of arbitration proceedings.
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Tags: Arsenic, Contamination, Expert Witness Testimony, Lead, Litigation Support, Property/Developer Services, Remediation, Site Assessment
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