Environmental Claim
Attorney in La Crosse, WI
Environmental Claims
Every year, millions of people in the U.S. are harmed by exposures to water pollution and air pollution. About 15 percent of the U.S. population rely on private wells as their source of drinking water, and about one in five of those wells contain one or more contaminants at a concentration greater than a human-health benchmark for drinking water. Air pollutants include particulate matter (dusts, fumes, mists, and smoke); gaseous pollutants (gases and vapors); and odors.
Industrial and mining activities pollute the land, water and air of private homeowners and create environmental nuisances that degrade quality of life, lower property values, and interfere with the quiet use and enjoyment of people’s property. Even some firefighting foams, often used in practice drills around airports and elsewhere, contain dangerous “forever chemicals” called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), that can contaminate well water and have been linked with cancer and other health threats. Also, concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), industrial-sized livestock operations, produce tens of millions of gallons of liquid manure each year that can run offsite or otherwise get into streams and groundwater.
Confidently Pursue Your Environmental Claim Against The Polluter
If your land, drinking water, or air has been contaminated through the negligence of a neighboring business or municipality, or if you have otherwise been exposed to toxic chemicals or carcinogenic substances, or if your home is being threatened by a proposed frac sand mine or other nuisance, call on the team at Fitzpatrick, Skemp & Butler, LLC to protect your health and land. We will work to get you what you deserve. We are THE leading law firm in the nation in fighting frac sand mining nuisances. We have decades of experience as trial lawyers navigating the complex and ever-changing landscape of environmental litigation. Fitzpatrick, Skemp & Butler’s team has extensive experience litigating matters in state and federal courts and before administrative law judges. Our lawyers have successfully pursued toxic tort litigation, environmental class actions, contamination clean-ups, and stopped multimillion-dollar polluting facilities from being constructed in multiple states.
What Our Clients Say About Us
“Tim Jacobson worked hard for us against the frac sand mine that was going to be placed at our door step with the processing plant just past our property line. We won – no mine! Tim was very friendly and dedicated to the cause.”