Read the full article by John Gardella (The National Law Review)
“We previously reported on various Georgia PFAS lawsuits that allege drinking water pollution from the carpet manufacturing industry based in Dalton, Georgia (the ‘carpet capital of the world’). As we reported, the lawsuits named numerous downstream users of PFAS as responsible entities in the litigation, and we predicted that the lawsuits and some of the court rulings will have enormous impacts on the future of the PFAS litigation, as it presents the possibility that the PFAS chemical manufacturers (who have thus far born the brunt of legal liability for PFAS environmental pollution claims) may in some instances be off the hook, with downstream companies and water utilities left with legal liability.
Recently, one of the named downstream companies involved in the litigation agreed to settle the claims against it, reinforcing the notions that downstream commerce users of PFAS are susceptible to involvement in PFAS litigation and that companies with any current or legacy use of PFAS must conduct full risk assessment and risk management protocols to fully understand the scope of risk.” …