Experienced Environmental Injury Lawyers in Palmdale, CA
You can become eligible to bring a claim against the defendant. you can become eligible to submit a claim against the defendant for recovering the damages. Those who have the power to impact the environment. Also, have a responsibility to exercise reasonable care to ensure that they do not expose others to manmade environmental disasters. California law gives affected persons the right to pursue damages in circumstances. where the defendant has failed to meet their responsibilities and has therefore caused harm to the environment.
The Consequences of an Environmental Disaster Can Be Significant and Far-Reaching
Environmental disasters can affect individuals and communities alike. For example, if the defendant’s tanker blows its tires and crashes into a tree and exposing a nearby river to a significant amount of chemical contaminants. Then the entire community’s water supply could be negatively affected.
Exposure to an environmental disaster could lead to a bevy of different health impacts. From cancer to neurological disorders, infections, and more. In many cases, Environmental disaster affects many people but they can’t feel how they got it. For instance, it may not be apparent that a person’s cancer was caused by chemical exposure until the light that many individuals in a community suffer from same cancer.
Factors Contributing to Environmental Disasters
There are a variety of ways. In which the “fault” of a defendant can contribute to an environmental disaster. And these failures can run the gamut from standard negligence to intentional misconduct.
Fault-based factors that commonly lead to environmental disasters include. But are not necessarily limited to, the following:
- Inadequate training of employees
- Failure to establish reasonable safety protocol for responding to an accident
- Failure to correct defects that could lead to contamination (i.e., cracks in storage containers)
- Negligent operation of a facility, leading to an environmental disaster
- Failure to properly evaluate the environmental impact of one’s operations
- Failure to maintain a regular, comprehensive inspection regime
- Choosing not to report environmental violations
- Failure to comply with environmental safety regulations
Unique Challenges in Litigation
In bringing a case against a defendant for environmental damage — such as in a contamination disaster — there are several difficulties that prospective litigants face, from evidentiary challenges to a mismatch in financial resources.
We can resolve the issue with the help of investigation experts because evidentiary issues are obvious.. Who understand how to comb through the results of a disaster and identify the various ways. In which the defendant may have subverted their environmental responsibilities. Our team here at Prestige Law Firm boasts an impressive network of trusted experts — in the environmental field and otherwise —. And we can also call upon you to assist us with respect to evaluating the impact of contamination and other forms of environmental damage.
As a general rule, the defendants in environmental disaster litigation tend to be corporate entities with significant financial resources at their disposal. These defendants not only have the ability to oppose your claims aggressively. But they are also incentivized to do so. Failure to successfully defend against your lawsuit could expose them to further liability (in the event that other similarly situated plaintiffs choose to litigate their claims).
Contact the Los Angeles Environmental Disasters Injury Lawyers at Prestige Law Firm for Assistance
At Prestige Law Firm, we have extensive experience working with individual plaintiffs. And on behalf of multiple plaintiffs (in class-action lawsuits). In a wide variety of personal injury litigation.
Over the years, we have built a reputation as willing and able litigators. This reputation gives us the positioning. We need to successfully advance our client’s interests despite the challenge of facing a hostile corporate defendant (with substantial resources at their disposal).
Ready to speak to one of our Los Angeles environmental injury lawyers about your claims? Call us at (661) 341-3939 or complete an online case evaluation form through our website to arrange for a free consultation today.