Plaintiffs Urge Judge To Reject DOD Push To Dismiss PFAS MDL Claims

Municipal and other plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation (MDL) involving claims of PFAS contamination from firefighting foam are urging a federal judge to reject the Defense Department’s (DOD) arguments that the Superfund law bars their claims involving certain military sites, countering the provision of the law DOD cites does not apply to the cleanups at issue. DOD has asked Judge Richard Gergel of the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina to dismiss several claims in the MDL, arguing...