While each exposure and injury can involve different elements
of damage, the following are generally present in an environmental
contamination suit:
» medical
monitoring expenses (the cost of monitoring you and your children
with various early detection exams to prevent the development
of conditions linked with the exposure for the next twenty or
thirty years) » fear of
cancer » emotional
distress » loss of
quality of life (damages you incurred as a result of the contamination
that cut into your usual lifestyle, such as time required to
obtain water if your well was closed or other inconvenience
incurred as a result of the lack of the use of your property
in its normal way) » property
damage (if your soil or ground water is contaminated it may
have reduced the value of your property) » personal
injury (any of the injuries we discussed above and many more) » punitive
damages (damages that can be recovered if it can be demonstrated
that the polluter showed a callous disregard or a reckless disregard
for your health)
Your Legal Rights
If you have been exposed to environmental hazards, such as polluted or contaminated water, air, soils, etc., you may be eligible to file a claim.
