In Re Aqueous Film-Forming Foams Products Liability Litigation MDL 2873

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Case Number:

2:18-mn-02873

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South Carolina

Nature of Suit:

Personal Inj. Prod. Liability

Judge:

Richard M Gergel

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  1. March 11, 2022

    DuPont Can't Shake Fla. Town's Foam Contamination Suit

    A South Carolina federal judge ruled that a Florida city can pursue its lawsuit against DuPont and Corteva, which the city claimed were created as spinoffs to help its predecessor dodge liability for poisoning its groundwater with chemicals in a fire suppressant foam.

  2. August 04, 2021

    Attys To Get $5.4M For Work In $17.5M Firefighting Foam Deal

    Attorneys representing Wisconsin homeowners who won a $17.5 million settlement from makers of firefighting foam that allegedly contaminated drinking water wells were awarded $5.4 million for their work by a federal judge on Wednesday.

  3. May 18, 2021

    Objectors Target Atty Fees In $17.5M Firefighting Foam Deal

    Several Wisconsin homeowners have raised objections to a $17.5 million proposed settlement with makers of firefighting foam that resolves claims the foam contaminated drinking wells, including that the attorney fees are too generous for the result.

  4. March 10, 2021

    Homeowners Seek $5.8M For Atty Fees In Contamination Deal

    A proposed class that inked a $17.5 million settlement with makers of firefighting foam to resolve claims that the foam contaminated drinking wells is asking the court to award its attorneys $5.8 million, saying one-third of the settlement fund is warranted after two years and hundreds of hours they put into working the case.

  5. January 07, 2021

    Firefighting Foam Maker Pays $17.5M In First MDL Settlement

    A Johnson Controls entity agreed to pay $17.5 million to resolve claims from hundreds of homeowners in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, that their water was contaminated by chemicals in a firefighting foam, in what attorneys said Thursday is the first agreement of its kind in sprawling multidistrict litigation.

  6. August 05, 2020

    NM Wants Lake Closed, Blood Tests For PFAS Near Air Bases

    New Mexico has urged a federal court to force the United States Air Force to immediately begin an array of testing for toxic chemicals it has used for decades at two bases in the southwestern state.

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