Read the full article by Liz McLaughlin (WRAL)
“A federal judge has ruled Chemours and DuPont are responsible for PFAS entering the properties of thousands of North Carolinians, a major development in a class-action lawsuit over contamination from the Fayetteville Works plant.
The case covers more than 180,000 households that received contaminated drinking water from utilities downstream of the plant or from private wells in the surrounding area.
The ruling settles one key question before a jury trial scheduled for March 4, 2027: whether the companies are liable for PFAS entering those properties without permission.
The ruling does not determine damages, which will be a major issue at the March trial.
The lawsuit seeks compensation for property-related costs residents say they have shouldered because of the contamination, including bottled water, reverse-osmosis filtration systems and replacing water heaters.”…