The Pollution Lawyers have extensive experience litigating and investigating a wide variety of environmental contamination cases, including class action property damage lawsuits and personal injuries caused by exposure to toxic chemicals. They have successfully litigated the following types of environmental cases:
- ground water contamination;
- well water contamination;
- soil contamination;
- air contamination;
- vapor intrusion of indoor air; and
- personal injury.
The Pollution Lawyers pursue many of their lawsuits using federal environmental protection statutes, including the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund.
Collectively, The Pollution Lawyers have more than 60 years of environmental law experience and have litigated cases involving a wide range of hazardous substances including: TCE; PCE; VC; DCE; and other volatile organic compounds known as VOC’s; arsenic; hydrogen sulfide; benzene; toluene; ethylbenzene and xylene—collectively referred to as BTEX; methane gas; heavy metals; and polychlorinated biphenyl, known as PCBs.
The Pollution Lawyers have established an excellent record of success for their clients. Those successes include the recovery of more than $65 million for those injured by chemical contamination of their community wells, private wells, soil, indoor and outdoor air. In addition to the compensation recovered for their clients, The Pollution Lawyers have provided safe drinking water for more than 20,000 people and have forced polluters to clean up contaminated properties and groundwater.
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Named a "Top 100 Trial Lawyer" by the American Trial Lawyers Association, Shawn has forced polluters to clean up homes and neighborhoods for thousands of families, and to compensate them (over $65 million recovered so far) for the injuries to their property and health caused by the polluters' toxic chemicals.
A gifted personal injury lawyer, Ed Manzke excels in understanding the facts and law concerning how a client was injured, and in developing a legal strategy to win just compensation.
Norman Berger is a seasoned trial lawyer with a wide range of litigation and counseling experience. Concentrating primarily on business and environmental litigation, he has litigated extensively in state and federal courts nationwide.
Michael Hayes is recognized for his experience and results in environmental and class action litigation. For over a decade, he has successfully represented classes of residents in environmental property damage litigation, where he spearheads The Pollution Lawyers’ efforts on the important class certification and class settlement issues that arise in these cases.