Toxic Torts – An Attorney’s Overview

Many of you have read about various disease-causing chemicals to which exposure is accidental, or perhaps it was incidental to your work, which was the case for materials such as asbestos, beryllium, nerve agents like carbon monoxide, benzene, latex, and even radioactivity. You have probably heard of litigation against cigarette companies seeking damages, medical monitoring, or other compensation.

MALIS | LAW has participated in such litigation, through our association with one of New England’s leading firms in representing asbestos victims. We have participated as co-trial counsel in a class-action case against “Big Tobacco” and have cross-examined senior corporate officials while they attempted to defend selling carcinogens to teenagers. These cases make simple “products liability” cases seem like child’s play: they are quite complex, involved, and time-consuming. Our experience and affiliations with major national litigators give clients access to a sophisticated toxic tort practice, while continuing the individualized attention that we, as a small office, can provide.

Toxic Torts Are:

Claims involving a person’s injury, whether immediate or years later, from exposure to toxic or cancer-causing substances or chemicals.

Toxic torts include:

• Asbestos exposure
• Illness or death from injury or exposure to dangerous chemicals at work or at home