When Toxic Substances Damage Property ...
Manufacturers are concerned with making products. They often do not notice or care that the manufacturing process is damaging the value of their neighbors' property. Homeowners near the sites cannot safely live in their homes and they cannot sell their homes.
ClassAction.com: Justice for Real Property Owners
When toxic substances damage property, a property owner can face substantial losses — up to an including the total value of the property. If other property owners are similarly affected, your experience could be the basis of a class action lawsuit.
- Chemicals: Agricultural and manufacturing chemicals, if not contained, can have a devastating effect on nearby property. A municipal dump or manufacturing dump sites can have a serious impact on property.
- Pesticides: Municipalities, agricultural concerns and pest control companies need to take special care with pesticides to avoid destroying property values and making land unusable and unlivable.
- Radiation: Nuclear sources are generally well regulated, but utilities, labs and others working with radioactive materials are responsible for containment — or for the damages caused by non-containment.
Living downwind or downhill from a site that has pollutants can have an impact on the value of property and the safety of anyone living there. Contact ClassAction.com and tell us about property damage caused by contaminants.
