Judge:  Attorney Fees Of Nearly $5.4M ‘Reasonable’ For $17.5M PFAS Settlement

Mealey's (August 6, 2021, 8:39 AM EDT) -- CHARLESTON, S.C. — A federal judge in South Carolina on Aug. 4 ruled that attorney fees and costs of $5,393,254.60 were “reasonable” related to a $17.5 million settlement of cancer claims connected to contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that polluted groundwater following the use of the firefighting agent aqueous film forming foam (AFFF)....