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Proving Liability And Damages In Toxic Tort Cases

If you or a family member suffered a serious injury through exposure to dangerous chemicals, hazardous wastes, or similar causes, the advice of an experienced Houston personal injury lawyer who understands the challenges of both personal injury litigation and environmental civil actions can help you establish your right to financial compensation.

Contact our team at The Sher Law Firm, PLLC, for a free consultation with our Houston personal injury lawyer about your legal options in the aftermath of an accident involving exposure to toxins. Our founder, AV Preeminent-rated* attorney Andrew Sher, has concentrated on serious personal injury and complex environmental litigation since he entered the profession in 1994. He has developed a statewide and regional reputation for excellence in client service and the prosecution of difficult personal injury claims.

Establishing liability in toxic tort cases can be a challenge. The defendants are typically major corporations that can be expected to deny liability for as long as possible and then try to settle the case for a great deal less than the injured party’s actual and projected damages.

Careful attention to detail in both the liability and damages phases of the case is indispensable to a positive outcome in a chemical exposure case. Andrew Sher’s experience working with experts in a wide range of disciplines, from industrial engineering to vocational rehabilitation, has made a significant positive difference in the outcome of several personal injury cases, and it can protect the value of your claim as well.

Our Houston personal injury lawyer handles toxic tort cases of many different kinds, including:

  • Release of hazardous chemicals in accidents involving motor vehicles, rail cars, or vessels in port or at sea
  • Exposure caused by improper storage, labeling, or use of chemicals in industrial operations
  • Exposure caused or aggravated by improper safety equipment or inadequate training
  • Pesticide or herbicide accidents on ranches or farms
  • Injuries caused by downstream seeping or leaching of contaminants from pipelines, storage tanks, hydrocarbon extraction, or other activities

With complex accident litigation experience of nearly 20 years, The Sher Law Firm, PLLC, can overcome the challenges inherent in toxic injury litigation. These challenges can range from problems identifying the defendants responsible for the losses to disagreements between experts as to the causal link between exposure to a particular chemical and the victim’s actual injuries.

On damages issues, our ability to mobilize the right team of personal injury law experts for a particular case can help ensure the full range of your losses is identified, quantified, and projected into the future in terms that can stand up in court.

Our founder at The Sher Law Firm, PLLC, is experienced with collecting damages in cases of organ damage, permanent illness, cancer, severe burns, and death caused by acute or chronic exposure to toxic materials in the air, water, food or land. To learn more about our toxic tort practice, contact our Houston personal injury lawyer for a free consultation.

Based in Houston, The Sher Law Firm, PLLC, serves the needs of clients in complex environmental, oil and gas, personal injury and commercial litigation throughout Texas, including greater Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, El Paso, the Rio Grande Valley, the Texas Panhandle, Midland/Odessa and Lubbock. We also handle litigation in other states through association with local counsel in California, Colorado, Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania.

*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ fall into two categories — legal ability and general ethical standards.