Ohio PFAS Ruling Emphasizes Links Between Injuries and Companies

A Sixth Circuit ruling that abolished a huge class of Ohio residents with PFAS in their blood will affect what information is provided to courts and who is targeted in future litigation, attorneys said in recent interviews.

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Nov. 27 disagreed with a lower court’s decision to partly grant firefighter Kevin Hardwick’s request to establish a class of PFAS-exposed Ohioans who would be studied to understand how the chemicals affected their health.

While the ruling in Hardwick v. 3M Co. sets precedent only in the Sixth Circuit, “the significance of ...