So this is an incident I didn't tell anyone (not even to my parents) and kept it to myself, it was 7 and half years ago since I came to California, US (so it was back in 2002) as an international student with F-1 visa, few months later I purchased a lcd monitor (it was one of the first lcd models to be released in the market since lcd monitors at that time wasn't so common), while using it I felt some effects on my head, at first I thought it was normal but after about 3 months of use I started to feel insensitive, I felt my brain was damaged (like it was burned, I can even feel the frontal lobe is damaged and feel kind of empty specially the left side). I stopped using that monitor and told my dad about this issue but he wouldn't believe me. The strange thing is that the monitor would give me a very bad impression (like it was a product from hell, even when turned off) and every time I approached it or entered the room where it was, the right side of my head would become bristled (don't know why, maybe some kind of instinctive warning).
After a year we moved to Florida, there I decided to throw it away for fear that anyone else would be harmed so I cut the cords and threw it away, I was scolded by my dad for that. Time passed (I was still suffering the aftereffects, and at this point I was only insensitive), and we bought another monitor, this time a CRT monitor from another brand, after a few months of use my situation started to get worse: my left hand would become sweaty, I couldn't walk right, I would have strange reactions, strange disgusting images would go through my mind and as a result I have to spit all the time, I felt like something disgusting was in front of my face, couldn't sleep well, eat well, I couldn't socialize normally as a result couldn't learn the language well. I had to quit college because of that although I had other reasons to quit as well. I had to quit church in the midst of people pointing their finger at me. (Do you know when your body is out of your control and have reactions you don't want it to have, but you are not like this?) People would call me disgusting wherever I went. Coworkers would insult and defame me, I quit job after a month because of the pressure and till now I couldn't get a second job because of the bad experience and because I'm overstaying my visa. Even my parents are suffering, and even they insult me (and I still have most of the symptoms mentioned above).
I've been struggling till now and at this point I'm pretty jaded, I'm much better than I was then, but I'm only getting better just little by little. I don't think it was karma either, I didn't do anything in the past to deserve this. I asked my dad to send me to my native land since my student visa expired and I don't like the idea of living here illegally, but he tries to discourage me, I think for fear that I be a disgrace to my relatives and cause burden to them, but my plan is to file this case to the court there and sue the company that caused this to me. I don't know if I have enough evidence since the product that caused this to me is not with me anymore, the only evidence I have is my brain (which I plan to get a MRI brain scan with) and my parents testimonies. Nothing what I'm writing here is exaggeration or fiction but the truth.
My question is can I sue the company here in the US where this incident happened even though I'm staying here illegally being that this happened when I was here legally? Also is there any exceptions even if the statute of limitations is expired? If I fail to do so here can I appeal my case in the country of origin of that specific company?
After a year we moved to Florida, there I decided to throw it away for fear that anyone else would be harmed so I cut the cords and threw it away, I was scolded by my dad for that. Time passed (I was still suffering the aftereffects, and at this point I was only insensitive), and we bought another monitor, this time a CRT monitor from another brand, after a few months of use my situation started to get worse: my left hand would become sweaty, I couldn't walk right, I would have strange reactions, strange disgusting images would go through my mind and as a result I have to spit all the time, I felt like something disgusting was in front of my face, couldn't sleep well, eat well, I couldn't socialize normally as a result couldn't learn the language well. I had to quit college because of that although I had other reasons to quit as well. I had to quit church in the midst of people pointing their finger at me. (Do you know when your body is out of your control and have reactions you don't want it to have, but you are not like this?) People would call me disgusting wherever I went. Coworkers would insult and defame me, I quit job after a month because of the pressure and till now I couldn't get a second job because of the bad experience and because I'm overstaying my visa. Even my parents are suffering, and even they insult me (and I still have most of the symptoms mentioned above).
I've been struggling till now and at this point I'm pretty jaded, I'm much better than I was then, but I'm only getting better just little by little. I don't think it was karma either, I didn't do anything in the past to deserve this. I asked my dad to send me to my native land since my student visa expired and I don't like the idea of living here illegally, but he tries to discourage me, I think for fear that I be a disgrace to my relatives and cause burden to them, but my plan is to file this case to the court there and sue the company that caused this to me. I don't know if I have enough evidence since the product that caused this to me is not with me anymore, the only evidence I have is my brain (which I plan to get a MRI brain scan with) and my parents testimonies. Nothing what I'm writing here is exaggeration or fiction but the truth.
My question is can I sue the company here in the US where this incident happened even though I'm staying here illegally being that this happened when I was here legally? Also is there any exceptions even if the statute of limitations is expired? If I fail to do so here can I appeal my case in the country of origin of that specific company?
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