A nationwide multidistrict litigation bellwether lawsuit addressing PFAS contamination, which had been set to start trial June 5, has been postponed so the parties can focus on settlement negotiations.
The lawsuit was filed by approximately 400 water and wastewater systems, and is part of a larger grouping of over 2,500 cases. However, the court has chosen the water provider cases as the initial bellwether trials.Bellwether trials are employed to resolve legal and factual issues that are applicable to most cases under similar circumstances. If these test cases yield favorable outcomes, it can expedite proceedings for the larger group of plaintiffs and
