Most people take for granted that their drinking water is suitable for everyday use. If you’re like them, you likely believe your municipality provides safe drinking water free of contaminants. However, if it failed to provide it and you or someone you love subsequently became ill, we can help. PFOA water contamination in Westhampton, NY, can lead to serious health care concerns. It may even result in one of many types of cancer.
The attorney team at Ben Crump Law, PLLC, can help you hold the negligent party accountable for the financial consequences of toxic water exposure. Our investigation will define liability and help you recover your medical bills, lost income, pain and suffering, and more. We will review your case for free and discuss your legal options with you today.
PFOA-Contaminated Water May Contain Cancer-Causing Chemicals
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lists hexavalent chromium as a known carcinogen. It is one of the potentially harmful ingredients in perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). Additional dangerous components include:
- Bromodichloromethane
- Bromoform
- Chloroform
- Dibromochloromethane
- Dichloroacetic acid
- Nitrate
- Total trihalomethanes
- Trichloroacetic acid
When we take on your case, our personal injury lawyer will consult various subject matter experts who strengthen your case. These can include medical, chemical, and water industry experts.
You Deserve Justice and Appropriate Compensation
Our law firm is passionate about helping injured clients and their families get the financial recovery that can help them rebuild their lives. We are equally committed to advocating for the clean water you deserve.
Your municipality should filter, distill, or otherwise make your water supply safe for consumption and safe for exposure. We are not intimidated by large companies and entities and never mind taking them on for our clients.
You Can Connect with Our Water Contamination Lawyer Serving Westhampton, NY
You are not obligated to hire a personal injury lawyer. You can represent yourself and take on the municipality by yourself. We do not recommend this. When you connect with our water contamination lawyer, we never stop fighting for you or for the compensation you are entitled to recover.
Our team will take the following actions to build your case:
- Obtain and review your medical records
- Collect supporting evidence and paperwork
- Consult medical and industry experts
- Assess your potential financial award
- Handle all communication on your behalf
We will negotiate a fair and appropriate settlement offer. If one is not forthcoming, we will take your case to court and keep fighting for the best possible outcome for you.
When to Consider Working with Our Personal Injury Law Firm
New York Civil Practice Law & Rules § 214 generally limits your right to file your lawsuit to three years. When you contact our law firm sooner rather than later, we go to bat for you right away. With sufficient notice, we will file your lawsuit within the appropriate time.
If the statute of limitations that governs your case expires, you could inadvertently forfeit your right to file your lawsuit at all. This outcome could leave you with no legal recourse that compels the at-fault party to compensate you.
You Have Two Potential Options for Financial Recovery
If you are a Westhampton, NY, resident and suffered harm from exposure to PFOA-contaminated water, you could seek compensation by filing an individual injury lawsuit. If you choose this route, our legal team can prepare and file your case.
You also could file a class action lawsuit by joining others with a similar complaint against a shared defendant. At Ben Crump Law, PLLC, we can help you start a class action case or join one already in existence.
How We Document the Legal Components of Negligence
We must show how a liable party acted negligently in your case. These four elements must be present to establish that negligence occurred:
- Duty of care: Your municipality owes residents access to a safe water supply.
- Breach of duty: Your municipality breached its duty by failing to properly maintain its water supply.
- Causation: Contaminated water caused your adverse medical condition.
- Damages: You incurred medical bills, lost income, and other financial damages because of the toxic water you used.
We can gather and review evidence in your situation. We also will build a robust case file for you so you can focus on your physical and emotional recovery.
Financial Compensation Ben Crump Law, PLLC, Seeks on Your Behalf
It can be easier than you think to miscalculate your potential financial recovery. Our legal team will work to identify the liable party in your case. Once we do, we will pursue the appropriate municipality on your behalf and hold them accountable for the following financial expenses and losses:
- Medical care until you reach maximum medical improvement (MMI)
- Lost income for the time your illness prevents you from working
- Ongoing mental, emotional, and physical pain and suffering
If a loved one succumbed to an illness that water contamination caused in Westhampton, NY, we can help you recover wrongful death awards. These can include funeral and burial costs, loss of consortium, loss of companionship, and loss of guidance. We also can help you recover the loss of your loved one’s income and their domestic contributions to your family.
You Pay No Fees at All Until We Win Compensation for You
Our law firm works hard to make legal care and support available to injured clients without adding to financial strain. We will represent you on a contingency fee basis. Here is how that benefits you:
- You can file or join a lawsuit right away.
- You can avoid filing your case too late.
- You pay nothing until we resolve your case.
We go to bat for you immediately, and you will only compensate our law firm when we recover compensation for you. If your case does not result in a financial award, you owe us no fees at all.
Talk to Us About PFOA Water Contamination in Westhampton, NY, Today for Free
Everyone deserves to use clean and safe water as they go about their day. If your municipality did not supply you with clean water, and you became ill, you could have the basis of a personal injury case. Our law firm can help. Our PFOA water contamination lawyer will help Westhampton, NY, residents pursue compensation.
Contact one of our Ben Crump Law, PLLC, team members to explore your financial recovery options today.
