Court Allows Plastics Maker To Pursue PFAS Class Certification Reversal

A federal appeals court is allowing a plastics manufacturer to pursue an interlocutory appeal of a class certification of a tort case alleging the company’s air emissions caused PFAS drinking water contamination affecting potentially thousands of people, with the manufacturer likely to argue the lower court bypassed typical strictures for crafting a class. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit Sept. 24 granted permission to Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation to file an interlocutory appeal of a Dec. 29,...