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In a victory for 3M (NYSE:MMM), DuPont (DD), Corteva (CTVA), Chemours (CC) and different producers of poisonous “endlessly chemical compounds,” the sixth U.S. Circuit Court docket of Appeals on Monday vacated a decrease court docket’s ruling that may have allowed practically 12M Ohio residents to sue the businesses as a bunch in a category motion lawsuit.
The court docket dominated the lead plaintiff had filed too broad a criticism towards the producers, and had not proven the PFAS substances present in his physique could possibly be traced on to the businesses.
“Seldom is so formidable a case filed on so slight a foundation,” the choose within the case wrote, noting there are literally thousands of firms which have manufactured PFAS chemical compounds however simply 10 had been listed as defendants.
The appeals court docket instructed the decrease court docket to dismiss the lawsuit, which had aimed to pressure the businesses to pay for research analyzing the well being impacts of the chemical compounds.
The lawsuit is amongst hundreds which were filed towards 3M (MMM), DuPont (DD) and different firms in recent times over alleged PFAS contamination.
