Compensation
What You Can Be Compensated For
While each exposure and injury can involve different elements
of damage, the following are often alleged in an environmental
contamination suit. The damages available vary from state to
state and should be discussed with an attorney licensed to practice
in your state.
» Medical monitoring expenses: the
cost of monitoring you and your children with various early
detection exams to prevent the development of conditions linked
with the exposure for the next twenty or thirty years
» Fear of cancer
» Emotional distress
» Loss of quality of life: damages
you incurred as a result of the contamination that cut into
your usual lifestyle, such as time required to obtain water
if your well was closed or other inconvenience incurred as
a result of the lack of use of your property in its normal
way
» Property damage: if your soil or
ground water is contaminated it may have reduced the value
of your property
» Personal injury: any of the injuries
discussed above and many more
» Punitive damages: damages that can
be recovered if it can be demonstrated that the polluter showed
a callous disregard or a reckless disregard for your health
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