Scott Haworth functions as the managing partner of a New York City-based law firm that provides litigation services to clients in legal areas related to construction, product liability, and catastrophic torts. Among the catastrophic torts matters that Scott Haworth focuses on are toxic torts.

1. Toxic Tort Law
Scott Haworth

2. Introduction
• Scott Haworth functions as the managing partner of
a New York City-based law firm that provides
litigation services to clients in legal areas related to
construction, product liability, and catastrophic
torts. Among the catastrophic torts matters that
Scott Haworth focuses on are toxic torts.
In law, the term “tort” refers to a damaging civil
infraction that occurs as a result of an intentional
action. When a toxic tort claim is made by a
plaintiff, it typically appears within cases where
injury or illness was caused by exposure to a
hazardous substance.

3. Toxic Tort Law
• These types of cases may involve a plaintiff
seeking damages as well as reimbursement for
medical expenses incurred as a result of
exposure to a toxin.
Toxic tort claims tend to fall into any of five
general categories. These include exposure to
toxins in the workplace, at home, within
consumer products, within drugs or
pharmaceuticals, or in the environment, such as
chemicals present in drinking water.