Panel Sends Municipalities’ PFAS Water Pollution Cases To AFFF MDL

Mealey's (May 6, 2022, 1:34 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — On May 5, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL) transferred two cases to the MDL for aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) litigation, one brought by a city in Ohio and another filed by a municipality in Pennsylvania, each of which contends that 3M Co. and other makers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are liable for contaminating their respective water supplies....