3M Granted Delay in PFAS Chemicals Trial to Negotiate Pact (2)

The judge overseeing 4,000 lawsuits involving 3M Co. “forever chemicals” agreed to delay the first trial for three weeks so the company can work out a settlement over pollution claims by water providers.

US District Judge Mark Gergel said 3M and the lawyers suing over the chemicals were in “serious settlement discussions to reach a global resolution” of claims and believe “a final binding agreement is achievable in the near future.” Their time is better spent finalizing that accord and obtaining approvals for it than going to trial in federal court in Charleston, South Carolina, where jury selection was set ...