Plaintiffs Press To Keep Federal Tort Claims Against DOD In PFAS MDL

Property owners and other entities with land neighboring military sites are urging a federal judge to reject Defense Department (DOD) attempts to dismiss Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) claims in 27 cases in PFAS multidistrict litigation (MDL), saying the government’s “simplistic framing” of the issue “is mistaken” both in terms of the legal framework and factual focus. “Although the scope of liability asserted by these lawsuits is narrow, the importance of this litigation for the public is broad,” plaintiffs involving...