Most people assume that the only purpose of a lawsuit is to win a good deal of money for one party that is involved in the suit.
But while it is true that that one function of personal injury lawsuits is to help those who have been wronged try to recover the financial compensation they need to recover from their injuries, there is another purpose to these suits.
One extremely important part of lawsuits is that they protect individuals in a number of ways.
If there was no fear of any kind of retribution when something bad is done to another person, the instances of unsavory acts would be abundant.
One type of lawsuit in which this is particularly true is with toxic tort lawsuits.
Toxic torts are lawsuits that are brought about when an individual or a group of individuals is injured or killed by exposure to a toxic chemical.
This exposure can occur through a number of different scenarios including: •Taking certain pharmaceuticals--even drugs that have been tested and approved by the FDA and have been on the market for a while can potentially be toxic.
•Exposure through consumer products--consumer products that are the subjects of these lawsuits are both injestible products and products that have toxins in the body of the product which may then seep into the bloodstream through exposure to the skin.
•Exposure at work--it is common for these lawsuits to be brought about by workers who have been forced to work around toxic chemicals which are inhaled or absorbed through the skin.
Toxic tort lawsuits help to make pharmaceutical companies, consumer poduct companies, and employers all work harder to keep their employees or customers safe from deadly toxins.