Albany Water Pollution Attorneys
Water pollution is on the rise in the U.S. Even before the BP Oil Spill, the EPA's National Water Quality Inventory found that over 40% of our rivers and over 60% of our lakes are too polluted for swimming, fishing or drinking. Toxic substances can persist for generations, causing irreparable injury to the environment and human health.
At Dreyer Boyajian LLP, we fight for individuals, municipalities, community associations and other organizations' right to clean water. Our attorneys are experienced at litigating complex federal and state environmental claims related to contaminated property, ground water and drinking water supplies, including individuals who have suffered personal injury because of exposure to water pollutants such as PCBs. To learn how we can help you recover damages to compensate for your losses, Contact or call us at 518-478-2762 for an appointment.
Protecting Your Rights to Clean Water
If you have suffered injury or illness from pollution or exposure to water contaminants, you want an experienced lawyer to help you get full and fair compensation for your losses, and who fully understands the federal and state environmental laws enacted to protect your property, health and safety. You also want an attorney who understands pollution insurance coverage for personal injury, property damage and business loss claims. Whether you are a homeowner with a private well, farmer irrigating crops or feeding livestock, commercial fisherman, waterfront business owner, or public water user, our attorneys will help you to understand your legal rights, including those available under the following statutory and common law remedies:
Clean Water Act (CWA)
Superfund law (CERCLA)
Oil Pollution Act
Navigation Law
Riparian Rights
Negligence
Trespass
Private Nuisance
Public Nuisance
Medical Monitoring
PCB Contamination Claims
Dreyer Boyajian LLP is on the forefront of litigating PCB personal injury, property damage and water supply contamination claims. These cases involve complex issues of liability, causation and damages related to industrial PCB use, handling and disposal practices; fate and transport modeling; Aroclor analysis and testing methods; PCB congener toxicity; environmental and human health effects; medical monitoring; and remedial investigation and cleanup. We have experience working with leading PCB experts and consultants in prosecuting claims against major U.S. companies, including the following representative cases:
George et al. v. General Motors Corporation and Alcoa, Inc., N.D.N.Y., 05-CV-1482. Prosecuted and settled a mass toxic tort action against General Motors and Alcoa on behalf of hundreds of individuals claiming personal injuries caused by exposure to PCBs from eating contaminated fish in the St. Lawrence River.
Village of Stillwater et al v. General Electric Company et al., N.D.N.Y., 09-cv-228. Presently prosecuting a lawsuit on behalf of several Hudson River communities against General Electric Company for the PCB contamination of their public water supplies.
Contact Our Office
Due to the complexity of environmental and toxic exposure cases, like water pollution, if you believe that you or your family have been injured by toxic contaminants, it is important to contact an experienced, knowledgeable lawyer to protect your rights and ensure that you receive just compensation. Contact or call the Albany, New York water contamination attorneys at Dreyer Boyajian LLP, at 518-478-2762 for an initial consultation.
