Ohio PFAS Medical Monitoring Dispute ‘One to Watch,’ Lawyers Say

The Sixth Circuit will soon decide whether to weigh in on a class certification dispute that could set off a new wave of litigation to force chemical companies, including 3M Co. and Chemours Co., to pay for monitoring exposures to so-called forever chemicals.

Ohio firefighter Kevin D. Hardwick wants a federal court in the state to provide potentially millions of people with medical monitoring for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS, at the expense of the chemical companies. He also wants the companies to pay for a science panel that would study the substances under an order ...