Ryan et al v. The Newark Group, INC. et al

  1. November 18, 2024

    3M Can't Add DuPont, Others To PFAS Water RICO Fight

    A Massachusetts federal judge rejected on Monday requests by 3M Corp. and other defendants to add DuPont entities and over a dozen additional companies as cross-defendants in a proposed racketeering class action seeking to hold the companies liable for conspiring to contaminate local drinking water with so-called forever chemicals.

  2. December 22, 2023

    Judge Keeps RICO Claims In Mass. Town Water Pollution Suit

    A federal court has affirmed most of a magistrate judge's finding that a putative class of Westminster, Massachusetts, residents who accused several companies of conspiring to contaminate their drinking water with so-called "forever chemicals" have made sufficient claims to move forward with their class action.

  3. September 18, 2023

    Companies Say Judge Went Too Far In Mass. PFAS Report

    A magistrate judge in Massachusetts gave too much leeway in recommending residents' civil racketeering claims advance against a group of businesses accused of dumping contaminated waste that spiked a town's drinking water with so-called forever chemicals, the companies said.

  4. September 05, 2023

    RICO Claims Greenlit In Mass. PFAS Water Pollution Suit

    A federal magistrate judge has recommended allowing civil racketeering claims to go forward against companies over the alleged contamination of a central Massachusetts town's drinking water with so-called forever chemicals, while concluding the corporate parents of one of the businesses should be cut loose from the case.

  5. October 13, 2022

    Companies Say Mass. Town's Water Pollution Isn't Their Fault

    A packaging company and a paperboard business told a federal judge Thursday that they should be able to escape a suit brought by two Massachusetts couples over allegedly contaminated drinking water, arguing they cannot be sued for the actions of their separate subsidiary.

  6. August 03, 2022

    'Forever Chemicals' Polluted Mass. Town's Water, Suit Says

    Two Massachusetts couples have filed a proposed class action accusing several companies linked to a composting facility of contaminating the town's drinking water with so-called forever chemicals, calling them responsible for an "environmental disaster."