Judge Approves Water Providers’ $1 Billion PFAS Deals With Tyco, BASF

The federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation (MDL) involving PFAS contamination claims tied to firefighting foam has given final approval to a pair of class action settlements between water providers and two companies that were involved in making and selling the foam that total over $1 billion. In a pair of Nov. 22 orders, Judge Richard Gergel of the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina approved agreements where Tyco Fire Products agrees to pay $750 million to drinking...