How this works
What we are, what we aren't, and how we get paid
Food Injury is a free service that connects people to independent attorneys. We are not a law firm, we do not give legal advice, and no one here is your lawyer.
That distinction matters enough that we put it on its own page instead of burying it in the footer.
What we are
Food Injury is an advertising and referral service. We publish information about foodborne illness and food-related injuries and connect people who were hurt with independent attorneys who handle these cases.
We are not a law firm and we are not doctors. We do not practice law, we cannot give legal or medical advice, and submitting the form does not create an attorney–client relationship. Any attorney you're matched with is independent of this site.
How we get paid
Law firms pay us a flat fee for advertising and qualified referrals. It's fixed — it doesn't change with your case value, whether you win, or how much you recover, and it's never deducted from a settlement.
Fee arrangements that scale with case value are prohibited between lawyers and non-lawyers under professional conduct rules in every state. Ours doesn't.
What happens to your submission
A person reads it. In this category the first thing we look for is whether a pathogen was identified and whether there's an outbreak or recall connection, because those largely determine whether a claim is viable at all.
If it fits, we route it to a firm licensed in your state that handles foodborne illness work, usually within a couple of hours. They contact you directly.
If it doesn't, we email you and say so, with the reason. We say no more often here than in any other category, and that's honest rather than dismissive.
Your information and your consent
We collect what you enter in the form plus the record documenting your consent — timestamp, IP address, and the exact language you agreed to.
You can revoke it at any time through any channel: reply STOP to a text, tell a caller to stop, or email the address on our privacy page. We apply it across every channel.
What we won't do
We won't tell you that you have a case when the evidence to prove it was never collected. We won't quote settlement figures from a form. We won't imply we're a law firm. And we won't keep contacting you after you've asked us to stop.
Ready when you are
Two minutes, no cost, and you're free to walk away at any point — including after you've spoken to the attorney.
Free · No obligation · About 90 seconds