What kinds of legal strategies have been successful in litigating pesticide exposure damage?
Successful suits have alleged failure to warn, property damage, misapplication, negligence, consumer fraud, product liability, punitive damages, and fear of future of future harm. What kinds of background information must be compiled for successful litigation? Successful litigating requires a compilation of pesticide-specific information on medical and scientific issues (chemistry of the chemical, human symptomology, and animal/cell toxicology), litigation (case summaries and factual, expert and legal materials), and government regulatory activity (regulatory chronology, government publications, and public testimony). Whom do you sue? This depends on the situation. In some cases, it may be the applicator; in others, the manufacturer; in yet others, the regulatory agency which may have used the product. Often it is a combined suit against a number of different parties potentially responsible for the exposure. Can you publicly disclose the issues behind the case? Any materials filed with
