Phillips Murrah has developed regulatory and litigation skills on the cutting edge of toxic torts. We have applied experience in lawsuits where: plaintiffs number from one to thousands, ranging from individual workers to neighborhood groups and groups with environmental justice claims, purported nationwide and statewide classes; class certification is sought; personal injury is alleged, involving complex medical and public health information; property damage or devaluation is alleged, involving complex environmental assessment, property use and property valuation issue; personal injury and property damage are alleged from industrial accidents, such as explosions, fires and chemical releases; federal and state agencies seek to enforce compliance with environmental laws; and private individuals seek to enforce compliance with environmental laws under statutory citizen suit provisions. 

These lawsuits have included virtually all tort causes of action and forms of relief, including: intentional torts; gross negligence, gross neglect and malice; negligence, non-intentional nuisance and so-called pollution tort causes of action in certain states; strict liability; fear claims; and relief claims. Litigation involving oil and gas, asbestos, silica, benzene and welding fumes are areas in which Phillips Murrah has a significant breadth and depth of experience.

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