Personal injury trials involving four diseases alleged to have resulted from firefighting foams containing PFAS would begin in 2025 under a newly issued federal court schedule tackling one of several sets of issues national litigation aims to resolve.
US District Court for the District of South Carolina Judge Richard M. Gergel approved on Tuesday a schedule for bellwether trials of personal injury cases involving four primary injuries: kidney cancer, testicular cancer, thyroid disease, and ulcerative colitis.
The timeline offers more clarity into the timing of the court to consider multiple, diverse types of torts and related issues in the case, ...
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