When criminals engage in illegal and dangerous activities, police cars often chase them through crowded city streets. Pedestrians, other drivers, and innocent parties suffer damage in these accidents from time to time, whether as a result of the criminal’s behavior or that of a police officer. If you or a loved one suffered harm in …
Louisiana Retail Law business owners are responsible for maintaining the proper level of security for their patrons and other bystanders. Sometimes this duty is unkept, and criminal activities take place, harming others. If you are suffering from injuries or have lost a family member due to criminal activity on someone’s commercial premises, you may be …
Getting hurt in a bus accident can be traumatizing and painful. Accident victims may have to deal with horrific injuries, large medical bills, and extensive property damage. However, if someone else’s negligence caused your bus accident in New Orleans, you may be able to recover compensation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) figures show that …
Injustice occurs in many ways and involves not only cases of injustice and racism we witness through the media, such as police brutality and racism in workplaces. Unfortunately, race can also play a role in exposure to environmental dangers and land use within a community. According to the Center for American Progress, negligence and failing infrastructure …
Environmental justice—the movement to ensure disadvantaged communities do not suffer an unequal burden from toxic pollution and environmental hazards—covers a variety of possible claims. Water contamination, air pollution, and zoning that places housing near dumps or industrial areas are all claims under the environmental justice umbrella. The environmental justice lawyers at Ben Crump Law, PLLC …
The polluter pays principle requires that those who cause any pollution should also pay for the consequences. The principle affects any type of pollution, whether land, air, or water. If, for example, an industrial facility produces any toxic waste or chemicals as a by-product of their operations, they should ensure the safe disposal of such …
The difference between environmental and social justice is that environmental justice, although part of social justice, deals exclusively with the environment. Environmental justice is primarily concerned with the positive as well as negative effects that different environmental factors can have on communities and individuals. Social justice aims to ensure fair treatment of individuals and groups. …
The causes of the environmental justice movement lie deep in the racial inequality that pervaded America in the 1960s and still rears its head today, 60 years later. The movement is addressing the burden of disadvantages (as well as the lack of advantages and amenities) that Black and poor communities throughout the United States have …
Several individuals, primarily people of color, who wanted to address environmental injustice, started the environmental justice movement. Environmental justice leans heavily on the principles of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination against any person based on their color, race, sex, religion, or national origin. The environmental justice movement essentially wishes to remove …
To determine who you can sue in an environmental justice case, look for the cause of the problem. Environmental injustice can appear in multiple forms and be committed by any person or organization. Therefore, you will have to find who is responsible for the problem before you can determine who to sue. For example, a …
“Environmental injustice” refers to a set of actions that harm the environment while simultaneously alienating specific groups and communities. A common example of this phenomenon is a company that pollutes local water sources, which in turn contaminates drinking water and causes health problems within a community. Environmental injustice is a systemic problem resulting from the …
Environmental justice and environmental racism are not the same, although both concepts are closely related. Environmental justice is a response to environmental racism. People, especially minorities with low socioeconomic statuses, have faced discrimination for decades. Because of this, they suffer the long-term effects of decisions that hurt the environment and put their health at risk. …
On Page 4 of their Trail Guide to Careers in Environmental Law, Harvard Law School notes that environmental lawyers go to court at state and federal levels regularly to represent government agencies, fight for the individual rights of citizens through lawsuits, and challenge agency actions. What Environmental Lawyers Actually Do In general, environmental lawyers work …
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ) are the organizations responsible for ensuring environmental justice. This means protecting everyone, especially minority and low-income communities, from environmental harm. If they are unsuccessful, an environmental justice attorney advocates for these groups. Epa’s Goals Related to Environmental Justice One of the missions of the EPA is to …
Damage to the environment can affect the physical environment, access to food and water, human health, and economics. When a community suffers from environmental degradation, hidden costs can follow. Some effects of environmental degradation are easy to see, but others are more subtle. Environmental degradation can negatively affect healthcare costs, agricultural industries, and tourism. Minorities …
Facilities that negatively affect the environment, such as landfills, industrial plants, and toxic waste storage sites, have historically been located in areas populated by poor people and communities of color. The environmental justice movement grew out of concerns over the effects those facilities had on the health and well-being of nearby residents. This brief history …
For people of color and those who live in poverty, the scales of environmental justice tip steadily against their ability to live free from environmental and health hazards. The individuals who live in these communities do not have the same access to the healthy living, learning, and working environments that every other U.S. citizen enjoys …
When a medical provider’s actions or inactions fail to meet the medical standard of care, their behavior constitutes medical negligence. If their medical negligence causes their patient to suffer an injury, it becomes medical malpractice. When the patient can prove the various legal elements that add up to medical malpractice, they can take legal action …
A head-on collision may involve a serious impact that can leave you with severe injuries. After your accident, it is possible that you are facing multiple and/or ongoing expenses related to the accident. If the head-on collision accident was the other driver’s fault, they should pay for your expenses. A Pittsburgh head-on collisions lawyer from …
According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP), Ohio has had around 1,000 fatal car accidents every year since 2015. Many of these accidents were likely side-impact collisions. Side-impact collisions are particularly dangerous because of a lack of protection between drivers or passengers and the sides of vehicles. While most modern vehicles have side-impact airbags …
