Personal injury compensation claims and hazardous or toxic sites

When land is contaminated with toxic or hazardous material it can cause a whole array of serious problems. Firstly, there may be questions of how to manage a complex decontamination process; secondly, there is the risk that either workers or members of the public may develop illness as a result; thirdly, personal injury compensation claims may arise; finally, there will also be questions of just who should be considered liable.

Liability
Sometimes even the most ethically minded and responsible of companies may find themselves being the subject of toxic land-related personal injury compensation claims. This is because, for the most part, if they have bought already contaminated land from another party, if the damage as been done during the period of their ownership, they will be deemed liable for compensation awarded under the terms of a civil claim.

There can also be complex situations where liability may be shared by more than one party, if ownership of the offending land has been in more than one set of hands for the relevant period.

While ground water and soil contamination are the most common causes of public exposure to toxic materials from a site. Toxic airborne chemicals are another hazard.

Contaminations can cause all sorts of illness and injury, from asthma to birth injuries. They may even result in stillbirths or fatal illnesses in adults.

Recent examples
Recent British examples of problematic contaminations include Newburnhaugh Power Station, which had problems relating to the fact that it used to be a lead works. The Atomic Energy Authority also had some contamination issues caused by the leaking of hazardous solvents into groundwater sources.

British Gas have only recently spent millions of pounds cleaning up toxicity problems associated with many of their old gas works.

Currently, a toxic dump in Corby is being sued by children whose personal injury lawyers are arguing they developed genetic mutations as a result of exposure to harmful substances.

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Sustaining injury or illness as a result of another party's negligence can be a painful and distressing experience.

Establishing liability and receiving compensation for your situation is usually a necessity in these cases. With our service, you need not be put off by worries about risks and legal fees.

Win or lose, we are both cost-free and risk-free (with the exception of some unavoidable costs in medical negligence claims), and shield the claimant from fees incurred by the opposing legal team.

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