Environmental Contamination

Today we are increasingly aware of the environment and how to protect and preserve ourselves and our children by being more responsible custodians of the environment. We are more aware than ever of the food we eat, the air we breathe and the water we drink. Even major corporations today have discovered that it’s good to be "green".

Decades of reckless treatment of the environment by business, unfortunately, is not merely a matter of historical fact. The health effects from years of dumping of chemical waste, sometimes in close proximity to residential neighborhoods and schools, in many instances is only now coming to light. The reason we are seeing more and more examples of "cancer clusters" today is simple: there want be a significant delay, sometimes as many as 20 or 30 years, between the time of exposure to a toxic, cancer-causing chemical and the development of symptoms from cancer.

Mr. Freiwald and the lawyers at Layser & Freiwald have developed a substantial experience in the field of environmental torts, claims on behalf of individuals and families who have suffered serious injury because of environmental contamination. The firm has handled or is currently working on complex personal injury or property damage claims involving the following:

Other claims under investigation include claims involving: