March 12, 2025
Posted by: OFT Food Safety & Injury Lawyers
Nobody wants food poisoning, and the last thing on your mind may be hiring a lawyer. But if you’ve been sick, you probably want answers. If you’ve missed work, faced medical bills, or suffered serious illness, an experienced food poisoning lawyer can help you pursue compensation. The key is finding the right attorney, one with specific experience in cases like Salmonella, Listeria, or Cyclospora.
At OFT Food Safety & Injury Lawyers, we guide clients through every step of the process and fight for the compensation they deserve. Call today at (888) 828-0787 for a free consultation to see if we are the right attorneys for your case.
Most people who have experienced food poisoning want answers: What food made me sick? How did the food get contaminated? Who is responsible? Furthermore, if you have been sick for days or weeks, you will want your medical bills paid, your lost wages compensated, and money for pain and suffering. An experienced food poisoning lawyer can help. A lawyer focused on food poisoning cases will know how to prove where you got sick and how to get you compensation for what can be a severe, life-threatening illness.
The trick is to find the right lawyer. Unfortunately, personal injury lawyers often fill the internet with misleading advertising.
How do you find the right lawyer for your food poisoning case? Ultimately, selecting a lawyer is a highly personal and individualized process. You must trust your lawyer. To help figure out if a lawyer is right for a food poisoning case, you should ask a lot of questions. Good lawyers welcome the chance to talk about how they can help you and why they are a good fit.
You should ask any lawyer you speak with questions before choosing them. Whether you are dealing with a case of Salmonella, Cyclospora, or Listeria, you need help fast.
The most important aspect of hiring a lawyer to represent you in a food poisoning case is that lawyer’s specific experience. You should ask how many food poisoning cases the lawyer has handled, how many they are working on right now, and what percentage of their practice is devoted to food poisoning litigation.
Experienced food poisoning lawyers will know the science, know which experts to hire, and learn how to get you the most money possible. If they don’t have the experience, you will be better off finding a lawyer who does.
A trial is rare in today’s court system. Still, in personal injury and product liability cases, trial experience is critically important because being ready, willing, and able to go to trial will likely lead to more money for you even when the case settles.
Insurance companies and lawyers for food companies are aware of which lawyers are willing to compromise and which ones are committed to achieving the best possible results. If a lawyer doesn’t go to trial and the other side knows that, that lawyer has lost their leverage: the threat of a large jury verdict.
Put differently, the best way to maximize the amount of money you get for food poisoning injuries is to prepare for trial rather than prepare for settlement.
When you hire a general contractor, financial advisor, or anybody else, you always ask how they plan to reach the goal. It should be no different with lawyers, and your lawyer should be able to explain in simple terms how they intend to get the most money for you in the shortest period of time.
Start with the basics, such as who will be working on my case and what investigation will be conducted. Ask what sort of communication or updates to expect. Although timelines in the litigation process are constantly changing and challenging to predict, your lawyer should be able to address in general terms when things should be done and set reasonable expectations.
If your lawyer cannot clearly communicate a plan specific to your case – or uses legalese to avoid substance – you might think about interviewing some other lawyers or law firms. Communicating a plan and what to expect from the lawyer and law firm builds trust and sets the foundation for a great working relationship.
Above all else, you need to find an attorney who will answer your questions. When you call OFT Food Safety & Injury Lawyers, we will sit down with you and help you understand what to expect. We will guide you through your claim and help you feel more secure.
Contact us today at (888) 828-0787 to discuss your case and explore your options for recovering the compensation you deserve.
