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Toxic Substance and Asbestos: Attorney and Lawsuits
Tens of thousands of chemicals have been created since World War II, and the vast majority have not been tested for danger levels in the human body. We’ve all become part of one big global experiment as these toxic substances infiltrate our water, air and food.

Some toxic substances, like asbestos, are known to cause cancer and other harm. Sometimes people find out that they played in areas (including playgrounds) with high levels of asbestos as children and are only now discovering the deadly consequences of that. Sometimes there are toxic substances in the workplace that make employees sick, like diacetyl and carbon monoxide. Again, it can take years to discover the harm.

If you have been injured by toxic substances, you already know how much damage they can do ... the headaches... the pain ... waking up day after day wondering how you are going to make it. Exposure to toxic substances may have caused you to lose your job, your quality of life, your home. Perhaps exposure to toxic substances has taken the life of a family member or has given you deadly cancer. What can you do?

If you would like a free consultation about a toxic substance and asbestos with an attorney, call Pritzker | Ruohonen toll-free at 1-888-377-8900, email us at info@pritzkerlaw.com, or fill in our online consultation form. We’re ready when you are.

Toxic Substance Lawsuit Information
If you are considering legal action for your case, here are some things you need to know:

• When someone is exposed to and harmed by a toxin due to the fault of someone else, this is considered a "toxic tort." "Tort" is a legal term for an act that harms someone but is not criminal.
  
• To win a toxic substance lawsuit, you must prove that it was "more likely than not" that a toxin was unsafely produced, packaged, released or that it was supplied with inadequate instructions or warnings.
  
• You also have to prove that you were exposed to the toxic substance. Proof of this may involve examinations by doctors and toxicologists (specialists in toxins). Complications may come up here if there aren’t any definitive tests to determine the level of the toxin in your body.
  
• You have to prove that the toxic substance caused your illness. This may be difficult because we just don’t know why some people get diseases like cancer. There may be more than one toxic substance involved. And sometimes the effects of toxic exposure don’t show up for years.
  
• You also have to prove that the defendant had a responsibility to protect you from harm. The apartment owner was supposed hire a professional company to remove the asbestos. Your employer was supposed to clear the building before fumigating for rodents. The herbicide company was supposed to put a warning label on the weed killer. In legal terms, this involves a "legal duty" or the idea that a party is responsible for damages only when it is foreseeable that harm will result. "Strict products liability" holds manufacturers responsible for defective products. "Breech of warranty" means the product did not work like the company said it would.
  
• Finally, you have to prove that you suffered damages. You may be able to recover costs for past and future medical expenses, past and future pain and suffering, lost wages, loss of future earning capacity, and punitive damages, which punish the defendant for wrongful conduct.

Filing a Toxic Substance Class Action Suit
One more idea. If you know a number of people who have been injured by the toxic substance that made you sick, you may want to consider filing a "class action suit." Class actions can involve only a few people, but usually thousands of people will be "members" of a class action suit. This may help your case. A large quantity of people with the same illness helps prove that it was exposure to one toxin that caused the problem.

Complexity of Toxic Substance Lawsuit Requires an Attorney with Experience
For the best possible representation for a toxic substance and asbestos lawsuit, contact attorney Fred Pritzker:

• Voted a Minnesota Super Lawyer
• Included in the 2005-2006 edition of The Best Lawyers in America
• 29 years of experience
  
• Certified Civil Trial Specialist

Contact Fred Pritzker and our team at Pritzker | Ruohonen. We are here to help.

Pritzker | Ruohonen & Associates, P.A.
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45 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402-1652

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