The Supreme Court denied certiorari in two lawsuits brought by the State of Maryland and the State of South Carolina against 3M and other defendants arising out of alleged PFAS contamination in their states. 3M removed those lawsuits under the federal officer removal statute—arguing the alleged contamination must have come from aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF),…
Two Maryland residents filed a citizen suit under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) against Perdue Farms Inc. for alleged PFAS contamination from a manufacturing plant in Salisbury, Maryland. The complaint alleges that the Perdue facility unlawfully disposes of PFAS-contaminated solid waste and wastewater, which then contaminate the local groundwater, surface water, and private…
Arizona, Arkansas, Maryland, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Washington joined Rhode Island and other states that had previously filed lawsuits against PFAS manufacturers. Alleging harm to their natural resources and property as well as threats to public health and safety, these states seek to recover mounting costs associated with investigating, testing for, and remediating PFAS…