Environmental Pollution
Environmental Pollution Could Your Business Be Liable? One of the most dangerous areas of real estate liability today is environmental pollution. Liability laws are written such that unsuspecting buyers, sellers and lenders may become responsible for millions of dollars in damages and clean-up--even though the pollution may have occurred years before any of the current parties were involved. What activities may have caused environmental pollution? In older properties, asbestos may be present in heating systems, chimneys and floor and ceiling materials, and lead may be [...]