Liability claims against a company that used to produce PFAS-based firefighting foams won’t be part of a bellwether case coming to trial next month, because the company has filed for bankruptcy, according to a federal judge’s recent order.
Judge Richard M. Gergel, who’s overseeing a multidistrict case involving thousands of lawsuits, severed foam manufacturer Kidde-Fenwal Inc. (KFI) on Tuesday from the June 5 trial in the US District Court for the District of South Carolina because the company filed for bankruptcy on May 14.
Severing the company is standard practice to allow the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of ...
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