Toxic tort cases are complex litigation cases that seek recourse for a person injured by hazardous materials and chemicals. In the United States, toxic materials are found in the air, water, food, work place, and even at home. Harmful substances include lead paint, pharmaceutical drugs, toxic mold, pesticides, chemicals and asbestos.

Many people come in contact with toxic materials by occupational exposure or pharmaceutical drugs. Because of the abundance of toxic materials in our country, there is a serious risk of exposure that can lead to injury, disease, and death. Victims of a personal injury caused by exposure to a toxic substance may seek recourse for serious injuries.

Additionally, these cases often result in a class action law suit, because toxic exposure usually affects more than one person.

If you or a loved one has had an injury or illness due to a toxic substance, we may be able to help. If you have any questions or need additional information, call us toll free and without obligation at 1-888-442-7947 or send us an e-mail at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Motor vehicle collisions are road traffic incidents which usually involve at least one road vehicle colliding with another vehicle, another road user, a stationary roadside object or tire failure, and which usually result in injury or property damage. On average, there are more than 6 million car collisions on the roads of the US, annually.

More than 3 million people are injured due to motor vehicle collisions, with more than 2 million of these injuries being permanent. There are in excess of 40,000 deaths due to car wrecks every year. About 40% of fatalities occur because of a drunken driver. About 30% of fatalities can be attributed to driving above the speed limits and 33% and above, because of reckless driving that causes the car to go off the road and result in a wreck.

The majority of motor vehicle collisions could be avoided if only the vehicle's operators drove more responsibly. Unfortunately, drivers can be easily distracted by so many things such as conversations with passengers, playing with the radio, eating or drinking, and talking on cellular phones. The collisions that ensue are not accidents if the drivers were responsible for their vehicles. Even if you are a responsible driver and do not give in to distractions, that does not guarantee that you cannot be involved in a collision due to the fault of another careless driver. Knowing how to drive is not enough anymore with so many vehicles on the road. However, knowing how to drive defensively and being cautious of other drivers is one way to improve one's chances of avoiding a motor vehicle collision.

If you have been involved in a motor vehicle collision, have questions or need additional information please call Law Offices of Gary Green toll free and without obligation at 1-888-442-7947 or send us an e-mail at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

A train kills someone every one hundred minutes in America. There are more than 300,000 public rail grade crossings in the United States:

• More than 80% do not have lights and gates
• One third have no active warning device of any kind
• For many of these crossings, warning time is often minimal to nonexistent and pedestrians and motorists are made unknowingly susce ptible to the liability of an approaching train
• Occupants of a motor vehicle that collides with a train are 40 times more likely to die, than if they had collided with another motor vehicle
• More than half of all railroad mishaps occur at these unprotected crossings

With all this information it is hard to consider any damage sustained by unsafe railroad crossings as simple accidents. For those lucky enough to survive, the injuries sustained are typically life threatening, requiring extensive surgical intervention, many necessitating amputation. The injuries resulting from a child playing on or around railroad tracks or a motor vehicle's collision with a train only emphasizes the need for limited access to railway areas and increased warning devices.

Trains cannot stop in time to prevent a collision from occurring. While an automobile traveling 50 miles per hour requires approximately 50 feet to come to a stop, it takes a train over a mile and a half, more than 150 times longer, to stop traveling from the same rate of speed. While grade crossing warning signals have become more high tech and rail traffic has steadily increased, the railroads responsible for maintenance have continuously reduced their workforce, leaving the public at increased risk.

At Law Offices of Gary Green, we have experience and familiarity with railroad crossing litigation. Liability can be established against the railroad by proving vegetation was allowed to grow too high in the right of way, blocking the view of both the engineer and the driver of the vehicle. Often, engineers do not blow the required whistle sequence because the whistle is so deafeningly loud in the cab of the train. However, the train's black box can be retrieved which will show use of the whistle and speed of the train prior to impact. Communications between the train crew and dispatchers are recorded. These recordings, through contentious discovery, can be key in establishing liability against the railroad.

If you or a loved one has had an injury involving railroad crossings or a train collision, or if you have questions or need additional information, call Law Offices of Gary Green toll free and without obligation at 1-888-442-7947 or send us an e-mail at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .