Toxic Chemicals Attorney in Austin, Texas
Can you tell us about a memorable toxic chemical case you handled?
Can you tell us about a memorable toxic chemical case you handled?
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a memorable uh toxic tort case that i
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remember working on is what we call the
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banana worker case it’s basically
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workers in central and south america
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that have been exposed to toxic
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chemicals uh while you know working in
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the banana fields uh dbcp it’s a
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fumazone it’s uh something that’s used
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to get rid of nematodes that uh you know
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adversely affect the banana uh trees
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these workers uh that had applied it and
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a lot of them did it in a very in a very
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rudimentary and manual way so were
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exposed to this chemical uh without
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their knowledge really of of the
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seriousness of the impact that it could
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have on them
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as a result of using this
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pesticide it uh you know create
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sterility
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or low motility uh of the sperm in in
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these men that were working in these
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banana fields and so while i was working
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there um on these cases during the
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settlement we were hoping to get at
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their their first generation of these
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cases i went out and interviewed a lot
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of the clients and went and found them
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where they were in their town because a
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lot of them couldn’t uh really travel to
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san jose to the main city in costa rica
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so we went out looking for them so we
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could interview them and talk to them
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about their cases
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and you know i was really touched at
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uh hearing their stories they they were
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really
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eloquent and
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and and talking about how
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really they had no idea of of what was
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being you know what they were being
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exposed to and yet they were working for
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these companies and doing their jobs and
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yet they didn’t know that they were not
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being warned about these issues that uh
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could have been prevented if they had
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provided more protection for the workers
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so it was just really heartbreaking to
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hear their stories about you know even
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sometimes having to drink water that was
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running alongside the groves because
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they’re washing their hands you know
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before they ate and just rinsing their
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hands not knowing that you know the
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water was full of these chemicals that
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was really poisoning them that was a big
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learning experience for me again it was
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earlier on in my career and yet we’re
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still working with these some of these
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same workers because
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we’re still involved in litigation
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against these companies chemical
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companies five or six of them uh trying
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to represent these uh workers so that
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they can you know get some justice and
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some compensation for their injuries
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the case is set for trial soon and i’m
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hopeful that we’re going to be able to
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deliver the justice
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and compensation that these workers
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deserve
Austin, TX personal injury attorney Lulu Flores tells the story of a memorable toxic chemical case she handled.
