Marksville Toxic Tort Lawyer

Recoverable Damages in Toxic Tort Claims

Every toxic tort case is different. The amount and types of damages you could pursue will depend on the unique facts of your situation.

Some of the common categories of damages we have won for our clients include:

• Lost wages: If you were too sick to work because of health problems from the chemical exposure, and you did not get paid while away, you can include lost income in your toxic tort claim. People undergoing cancer treatment or other medical procedures are often unable to work.
• Future lost wages: If you have ongoing impairment or continuing medical treatment, which affects your ability to work, you might not be able to make as much money as before the chemical exposure. You might only be able to work a few hours before you need to rest. You might have chronic pain or diminished function.
• Medical bills: Your past medical bills will be for the expenses you incurred to treat the medical condition or injury caused by the toxic substance. Bills can include things like the ambulance, emergency room, doctors, hospitals, surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, pain management, and other related healthcare services.
• Future medical bills: Many diseases caused by toxic exposure require ongoing treatment. For example, a person might have to undergo multiple rounds of chemotherapy. Even if they go into remission for a time, the cancer can come back and require additional treatment.
• Medical monitoring: Some carcinogens, like asbestos, can take years, even decades, to cause severe diseases. After a known exposure, your doctor might recommend you undergo regular monitoring to check for diseases you are at risk of developing.
• Pain and suffering: Having to undergo uncomfortable procedures like surgery and treatments that make a person miserable like chemotherapy, can involve great physical discomfort. Facing a life-changing diagnosis because of chemical exposure can cause profound emotional distress. You deserve compensation for this non-economic damage.
• Some aggressive forms of medical intervention can leave a person with extensive scars and other disfigurements.
• Knowing you might not live nearly as long as you expected can diminish your enjoyment of life. The sadness of knowing you might not live to see your children grow up or experience having grandchildren can take away much of the joy you had before exposure. You should be compensated for experiencing a lower quality of life.

You will want to talk to us about all the ways the chemical exposure and resulting health consequences have affected your life. This will help us determine the amount of compensation you’re entitled to, and we will fight tirelessly for it.