James F. Humphreys & Associates

Practice Areas

• Personal Injury/Wrongful Death
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Motor Vehicle Accidents
  • Premises Liability/Slip & Fall
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Defective Pharmaceuticals
  • Occupational Disease
  • Product Liability
  • Railroad Litigation
• Product Liability
  • Asbestos
  • Benlate
  • Benzene
  • Car Seat Collapse
  • Creosote
  • Ford Door Latches
  • Infant/Child Car Seats
  • Silica
  • Welding Rods
  • Defective Pharmaceuticals
• Defective Pharmaceuticals
  • Accutane
  • Arcoxia
  • Baycol
  • Bextra
  • Celebrex
  • Crestor
  • Enbrel
  • Hormone Replacement Therapy
  • Meridia
  • OxyContin
  • Serevent
  • Thimerosal
  • Vioxx
  • Zyprexa
• Environmental Litigation
  • Benzene
  • Creosote
  • Dioxins
  • Floods
  • PCBs
• Mesothelioma
• Railroaders
  • Asbestos
  • Carpal Tunnel
  • Creosote
  • Diesel Fumes
  • Large Ballast
  • Mesothelioma
  • Personal Injury
  • Silica
  • Solvents
• Employment Law
  • Fair Labor/Overtime Violations
  • Age Discrimination
  • Race Discrimination
  • Sex Discrimination
• Securities
  • Pension & Health/Welfare Funds
• Occupational Disease
  • Asbestos
  • Benlate
  • Benzene
  • Creosote
  • Diesel Fumes
  • Dioxins
  • Lead
  • MTBE
  • PCBs
  • Perchlorate
  • Welding Rods
• Insurance/Financial Bad Faith
  • Fraudulent HMO Co-Payments
  • Fraudulent HMO Subrogation
  • Lost Pay Insurance Fraud
  • Payroll Fraud
  • Refund Anticipation Loans

Latest News

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Practice Area Attorneys

We are a Top Legal firm that can provide you all the services and resources to win your case.

James F. Humphreys	James A. McKowen
J. David Cecil	Samuel D. Elswick
David B. Richardson	R. Ray Lovejoy, II
Craig B. Giffin	Wesley M. Jarrell, II
Cindy J. Kiblinger	Christopher W. Luzier
Bronwyn I. Rinehart

PCBs

Small amounts of PCBs are found in the environment all over the world, including small traces in our food and in our own bodies. PCBs move up the food chain by getting into the body fat of animals and staying there for a long time.

From the 1930s to the 1970s, PCBs were widely used as ingredients in a number of industrial materials, including sealing and caulking compounds, inks and paint additives. They were also used to make coolants and lubricants for certain kinds of electrical equipment, including transformers and capacitors.

By 1977, concern about the impact of PCBs on the environment led to a North American ban on manufacturing and importing PCBs. However, the ban did not cover existing PCBs that were used in electrical applications. Those are being phased out now, and the federal government has set strict guidelines for the storage and disposal of PCBs.

Adverse reactions to PCB exposure may include a severe form of acne called chloracne, swelling of the upper eyelids, numbness, fatigue and weakness, muscle weakness and spasms, chronic bronchitis, and complications with the nervous system. Although there is no proven link between PCBs and cancer, studies have shown that exposure to high levels of PCBs over a long period of time may increase a person's chance of getting cancer - especially of the liver and kidney.

James F. Humphreys & Associates will not allow employers to victimize their employees by ignoring the dangers of PCBs. If you or a family member suffers from the symptoms or similar symptoms outlined above, contact the attorneys of James F. Humphreys & Associates. Fill out your free case evaluator now.