Product Liability
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City of Ann Arbor Files Antitrust Class Action Against Fire Truck Manufacturers
The City of Ann Arbor, Michigan has joined a growing number of municipalities who have filed suit against the nation’s…
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Virginia Firefighter Sues PPE Manufacturers Over Leukemia
A Richmond, Virginia, firefighter has filed suit against multiple manufacturers of firefighter protective clothing and related chemical companies, alleging that…
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Family of St. Louis Firefighter LODD Files Suit
The family of a St. Louis firefighter who died in 2022, has reportedly filed suit against the manufacturer of his…
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Virginia Firefighters Seek $1.5 Billion from PFAS Companies
Six Virginia firefighters and the estate of a deceased firefighter have filed suit against 25 companies associated with per- and…
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Two More Fire Departments Suing AFFF-PFAS Manufacturers
Two additional fire departments have filed suit against the AFFF manufacturers. The Harrisville Fire District in Rhode Island and the…
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Two More AFFF Toxic Tort Suits Filed
Two more AFFF toxic tort lawsuits are in the fire law news today. In New York state, the Hampton Bays…
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Court Approves Settlement in LODD Suit Brought by Widow of Maryland Firefighter
The widow of a Maryland firefighter who died at a house fire in 2018, has reached a settlement with the…
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San Diego Sues AFFF Manufacturers Over Groundwater Contamination
The City of San Diego has filed suit against twenty-four chemical companies responsible for manufacturing, distributing, supplying, and/or selling aqueous…
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NJ Fire Departments Sued Over Use of AFFF At Fire Scene
The owner of a business that burned in Carteret, New Jersey in 2020 has filed suit against ten fire departments,…
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Insurer Sues Over Apparatus Fire
A lawsuit has been filed by an insurer over a fire that destroyed a West Virginia fire truck in 2019.…
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Florida Firefighter Sues AFFF Manufacturers
A Florida firefighter has filed suit against a group of aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) manufacturers contending that exposure to their…
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Firefighter’s Widow Sues AFFF Manufacturers for Wrongful Death
The widow of a former Arlington, Texas firefighter who died of leukemia, has joined the growing number of people and…
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Class Action Suit Filed Against AFFF Manufacturers
Three firefighters from New York state have filed a class action lawsuit against 28 companies involved in varying degrees with…
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Suit Alleges AFFF Polluted Groundwater Causing Testicular Cancer
A man who grew up near a military base in Pennsylvania has filed suit against the nation’s largest firefighting foam…
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