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The weed-killer Paraquat has been linked to increased rates of Parkinson’s disease and other serious health conditions in farmers, agricultural workers, families living near farming communities and others exposed to the toxic herbicide. Paraquat lawsuits claim Syngenta and other chemical manufacturers have not adequately warned users about the life-altering neurological effects that Paraquat caused them.

Birth Defects can result from different factors, including environmental toxins, drug side effects and negligence. Tragically, birth defects can also result in wrongful death.

Below-freezing temperatures in Texas that caused widespread property damage, business closures, injuries and deaths have led to lawsuits against Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc. (ERCOT) and Houston-based utility CenterPoint Energy Inc. Texas residents and businesses have filed gross negligence and willful misconduct claims and potential class actions. Injury and death from the cold, and harm caused by medical device failure as a result of power loss, have led to personal injury lawsuits. As well, economic losses have resulted in denied insurance complaints.

The California Mental Health Parity Act, enacted in 1999, required coverage of medically necessary treatment for nine enumerated severe mental illnesses as well as serious emotional disturbances of a child. The list was criticized as incomplete, out-of-date and failing to encompass the full range of mental health and substance use disorders. It required, among other things, outpatient services, inpatient hospital services, partial hospital services, and prescription drugs, but only if the contract or policy included coverage for prescription drugs.

In Montana, a patient who has been injured by substandard medical care may file a medical malpractice lawsuit. These lawsuits cover things like failing to order medical tests, ignoring a call for help that resulted in injury or death, neglecting to provide appropriate aftercare, or failing to give a patient enough information to make a reasonable medical decision. Beyond doctors and hospitals, medical malpractice lawsuits may also be brought against surgical outpatient centers, nursing homes and defective medical device manufacturers, among other providers.

Surgical stapler lawsuits aimed at medical device manufacturers claim that these defective surgical staplers have caused serious injuries—for many years: The majority of complications were concealed from the public by the FDA in a “hidden database” and have just recently been made public.

Individuals, cities and states across the U.S. are filing PFAS chemical contamination lawsuits against 3M, Dupont and several other chemical manufacturers, alleging chemical pollution in soil, groundwater and drinking water. PFAS are a group of man-made chemicals that includes PFOA, PFOS, GenX, and many other chemicals. And PFAS are all-pervasive: they are found in fish, animals, and humans. Because PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) can accumulate in human bodies over time, they are also called the “forever chemical” and “the new asbestos”.