INDEX OF LITIGATION TYPES
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A toxic tort is a legal claim for harm caused by exposure to a dangerous substance -- such as a pharmaceutical drug, pesticide, or chemical. While advances in technology, manufacturing, and medicine have introduced thousands of new products into our daily lives, some of those products -- and the substances they contain -- can cause serious illnesses in humans. Sometimes chemicals which are thought to be safe turn out to be otherwise. Other times, substances known to be dangerous accidentally leak into the air or groundwater. Along with these new chemicals and drugs have come lawsuits -- called toxic tort litigation -- brought on behalf of individuals or groups of people who have been exposed to and harmed by dangerous substances. Proving the cause of the harm can be costly and complex, which is why it is important to hire an attorney with experience in this field.
A FEW RECENT EXAMPLES
- Representation of family in precedent setting “fracking litigation” in which water and air contamination from drilling operations resulted in physical injuries to their children and a medical directive to abandon their home.
- Representation of family poisoned by Stachybotrys (“Black Mold”) from an improperly installed water filtration system that leaked into the subspace of their home.
- Class counsel on behalf of 6,000 residents of community adversely affected by water, soil and air contamination arising from oil, gas and drilling operations.
- Representation of platform drill worker who sustained permanent and life threatening chemical burns after exposure to carcinogenic toxins.
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