3M To Appeal Federal Ruling Remanding Texas PFAS Suit To State Court

3M is planning to appeal a recent federal district court’s decision to remand to state court Texas’ litigation alleging 3M and DuPont misrepresented the safety of their PFAS-containing consumer products, disputing the district court’s finding that the case is not effectively a class action and hence should not be heard in federal court. “[T]his case presents a serious legal question about the application of [the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA)] -- one the Fifth Circuit has not squarely answered, and...