Aqua Pennsylvania, a private water utility serving approximately 1.4 million Pennsylvania residents, filed suit against 3M, DuPont, Tyco, Chemguard, and other chemical companies for PFAS contamination to its water system. Aqua claims the contamination has forced Aqua to devote significant amounts of time and financial resources to testing and treating water for PFAS. The complaint…
The City of Dayton, Ohio filed a complaint under the Federal Tort Claims Act against the United States for alleged PFAS contamination of the City’s drinking water supply originating from a nearby Air Force base. The Wright-Patterson Air Force Base had been using firefighting foam that contained PFAS since 1970. Although the Ohio EPA ordered…
DuPont appealed the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio’s judgment in a PFAS exposure case that required the company to pay the plaintiff, a cancer survivor, $40 million. The case is part of a group of lawsuits by Ohio and West Virginia residents who alleged that DuPont’s plant in Parkersburg, West Virginia…
The State Water Resources Control Board issued investigative orders on March 11 to more than 160 refineries and bulk fuel storage terminals in over 30 California counties, requiring environmental investigation and sampling for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). This article explores how these recent investigation orders will impact oil refineries, bulk fuel storage, and the…
Judge Noel L. Hillman of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey denied Solvay’s motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ tort claims stemming from alleged Teflon-related PFAS contamination, finding the putative class had sufficiently pled its claims and demonstrated standing. Judge Hillman only dismissed Plaintiffs’ punitive damages claim, leaving their other claimed damages—bodily, economic,…