Paraquat Claims | The Harris Firm LLC

Exposed to Paraquat and Diagnosed With Parkinson’s? You May Have a Claim.

Farmers, licensed applicators, and agricultural workers exposed to the herbicide paraquat — sold for decades as Gramoxone — are filing claims after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The Harris Firm LLC is accepting these claims across Alabama — free consultation, no fee unless there is a recovery.

Paraquat has been sprayed on Alabama row crops and pastures for fifty years. If you worked with it or around it and were later diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, one free phone call tells you whether you have a claim.

What Paraquat Is — and What the Lawsuits Allege

Paraquat is a fast-acting weed killer that has been a fixture of row-crop agriculture since the 1960s, best known under the brand name Gramoxone. It is so toxic that a single sip can kill, which is why federal law restricts it to certified applicators. What the warning labels talked about for decades was the acute poison risk — not what years of lower-level exposure might do to the brain.

A substantial body of research has associated occupational paraquat exposure with Parkinson’s disease — a progressive neurological disorder that destroys the brain cells controlling movement. The exposure routes are exactly what farm work looks like: mixing and loading the concentrate, drift during spraying, contaminated clothing and equipment, and skin contact season after season.

The lawsuits allege the manufacturers knew about the neurological risk for decades and kept selling paraquat in the United States without warning the people handling it — even as country after country banned it. Thousands of claims are consolidated in coordinated federal litigation, with additional cases proceeding in state courts.

Who Can Bring a Paraquat Claim

The strongest paraquat claims generally combine two things:

1. Occupational exposure. You were a certified applicator who sprayed paraquat, a farmer or farmhand who mixed, loaded, or applied it, or a worker regularly in and around fields during and after application. In Alabama that describes decades of cotton, soybean, and pasture work across the state. The more seasons of exposure, the stronger the claim.

2. A Parkinson’s disease diagnosis. A diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease — or in some cases, documented parkinsonism — from a physician. It does not matter whether the diagnosis came last month or years ago.

Applicator certifications, farm records, employer records, and co-worker accounts establish exposure. If you spent your working life on Alabama farmland, the record is usually there — we know how to find it.

Compensation in Paraquat Cases

Parkinson’s takes things from people a little at a time — steady hands, an even gait, independence, and eventually the ability to work at all. Compensation in these claims can account for medical and care expenses past and future, lost income and earning capacity, and the progressive toll the disease takes on a person and their family.

We will not promise numbers on a website. We will document your exposure and your diagnosis so your claim is valued on your facts — not an average.

How Your Paraquat Claim Works

Handled from Alabama, by an Alabama firm — with national trial co-counsel where your case benefits from it.

Paraquat Claims — Frequently Asked Questions

Find Out If You Qualify — Free

One free phone call tells you whether your exposure and Parkinson’s diagnosis qualify, and what happens next. No obligation, no fee unless you recover.