First Bellwether Trial in National Firefighting Foam Litigation Starts Monday in City of Stuart, Florida June 2, 2023 Levin Papantonio Rafferty (LPR) law firm attorneys Wes Bowden and Ned McWilliams are playing leading roles in a firefighting foam trial that will commence on Monday in the City of Stuart. The City of Stuart was chosen to be the first of three bellwether trials in the Aqueous Film-Forming Foams (AFFF) Products Liability Litigation MDL […] Read More
Court Allows Expert Testimony in First AFFF Bellwether Trial Against 3M May 12, 2023 Levin Papantonio Rafferty (LPR) law firm announces that the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina Charleston Division has rejected 3M’s omnibus motion to exclude expert testimony at a trial in which the City alleges that the Defendants’ aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) contaminated the city’s water supply with per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). District Court […] Read More
Finally, EPA Aims to Make Drinking Water Safe March 15, 2023 US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the first national drinking water standard for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on Tuesday, and the law firm Levin Papantonio Rafferty (LPR), which has a long history of fighting corporate polluters, says the action is desperately needed and long overdue. LPR Attorney and Shareholder Wes Bowden issued the following […] Read More