Plaintiff filed a putative class action against Amazon on behalf of consumers who purchased disposable foodware Defendant allegedly advertised as compostable. Plaintiff contends these products contain PFAS and thus, given PFAS’ resistance to degradation, are not compostable. Plaintiff asserts claims for violations of the California Business & Professions Code, breach of express warranty, and unjust…
Putative consumer class action against Kroger alleging it sold disposable dinnerware that, although advertised as compostable, was not compostable and contained PFAS. Plaintiff seeks injunctive relief, restitution, compensatory damages, restitution, attorneys’ fees and costs, and to disgorge Kroger of its revenues and profits related to sales of the dinnerware. June 16, 2020 | Ambrose v. The Kroger…
A Nevada couple, whose suit is one of the most recent additions to the South Carolina AAAF MDL, sued PFAS manufacturers alleging the husband’s long-term exposure to PFAS as a firefighter caused his later prostate cancer diagnosis. In addition to compensatory damages, Plaintiffs seek punitive damages, alleging “Defendants had good reason to know or expect…
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation declined to vacate the transfer of New Mexico’s lawsuit over PFAS contamination at two Air Forces bases. The State argued the case did not belong in the MDL because it involved claims of environmental remediation against the United States, as opposed to products liability claims against the fire-fighting foam…
Plaintiffs, a couple residing in Washington County, Ohio, sued DuPont and Chemours following the husband’s kidney cancer diagnosis. The lawsuit references an earlier class action, settled in 2006, related to groundwater and surface water PFOA contamination resulting from operations at a West Virginia manufacturing facility. As part of the settlement, DuPont allegedly agreed that, if…