Court Rejects Navy's Bid To Reverse Landmark PFAS Monitoring Ruling

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit has denied the Navy's petition for rehearing of a precedential ruling allowing residents near two military facilities to pursue medical monitoring claims after they were exposed to pefluorinated compounds, saying the military failed to raise its sovereign immunity arguments earlier in the case. “In its petition for rehearing, the Navy for the first time argues that the Giovannis’ and Palmers’ claims do not satisfy [the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act's (RCRA)]...