Legal Question in Civil Litigation in California

If a person has consumed contaminated food product from a from a company that is a producer, manufacturer and distributor of that contaminated product and the person has had a horrible experience as a result. Can that person on his own with out legal representation seek damages. If so should the initial contact letter be described as a lawsuit or a personal lawsuit or a dispute for damages, or a claim or a claim for damages or a civil claim, legally this is given a proper name, I'm just not sure what it is.
Secondly, what's to keep the company from saying this is a frevelous claim and I think your just trying to extort money from my client the company and furthermore I think were going to prosecute you for this attempt at extortion.
Lastly, does the dispute for compensation or what ever the proper name we might give this, have to be filed or registered with any court or state agency, entity or office to be considered a legal attempt at seeking damages without having to worry about defending yourself from a smart lawyer turning the tables and trying to scare you with being prosecuted for extortion.

Asked on 11/19/10, 11:10 am

Michael Stone Law Offices of Michael B. Stone Toll Free 1-855-USE-MIKE

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Retain a product liability lawyer. Otherwise you will get nowhere. Watch out for legal time limits.

Answered on 11/24/10, 11:34 am

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