Toxic Torts Questions & Answers
Straight answers to what people ask most. These hold wherever you were hurt — for the deadlines and rules that depend on your state, choose your state below.
Is It Too Late to File?
This is the question that stops many people from even asking — they assume that because the exposure was years ago, any claim must be gone. In toxic-exposure cases, that assumption is often wrong, and it is worth understanding why before giving up.
Read the answer →How Is Causation Proven?
Causation — the link between the exposure and your illness — is the heart of a toxic-tort case, and it is understandably the part people worry about most. The good news is that proving the science is the work of the case and its experts, not something that falls on you.
Read the answer →How Much Does a Toxic Exposure Lawyer Cost?
We handle toxic-exposure cases on a contingency basis for the cases we take, which means there is no fee unless we recover for you. The fee is a percentage of the recovery, and if there is no recovery, you do not owe an attorney fee. Cost should never be the reason you do not find out whether you have a claim.
Read the answer →Questions about the law in your state?
Filing deadlines, fault rules, and limits on damages differ by state. Choose where you were hurt for answers under that state's law.
General information, not legal advice. Every situation is different, and the law differs by state.