DuPont PFAS Settlement Payout Faces Delay Following Unusual Appeal

Payments from a landmark class action settlement between DuPont and water providers over PFAS contamination are facing a likely delay after a California provider that opted out of the deal appealed its final approval, prompting settling plaintiffs to seek a $61 million appeal bond from the non-settling system. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s (Met) filed a March 11 notice of appeal asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit to review Judge Richard Gergel’s Feb. 8...