Toxic Tort

About the Book

A Guide to Toxic Substances Litigation in Michigan provides a primer covering the legal and medical issues involved in toxic substances litigation. A physician-attorney who has been a senior public health official, an expert witness and a trial attorney, wrote this book. His experiences have provided him with unusual insights into the interplay between the medical and legal elements of toxic substances litigation. These insights will provide interesting reading to attorneys dealing with this area of law. Unique features of this book include short summaries of commonly encountered toxins as well as examples of independent medical evaluations designed to counter Daubert challenges.This book should be required reading for any attorney dealing with toxin exposure cases in the State of Michigan.

About the Author

ERNEST P. CHIODO is a physician and an attorney who is actively engaged in the practice of both professions with specialization in the medical and legal aspects of toxin exposures. Dr. Chiodo received his Bachelor of Arts from Kalamazoo College, his medical, law, biomedical engineering, and industrial toxicology degrees from Wayne State University. He received his Master of Public Health from Harvard, and his Master of Threat Response Management and Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago. He is a former Medical Director of the Detroit Health Department. He teaches toxic tort law at John Marshall and Loyola University law schools in Chicago.