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Firefighter turnout gear PFAS claims centralized in Minnesota
Responsible attorney: Lou Schwartz, Schwartz & Associates, PC, Atlanta, Georgia. intake@snalawyers.com
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation created MDL No. 3191 in the District of Minnesota, before Judge Jeffrey M. Bryan, for claims involving PFAS chemicals in firefighter turnout gear, most of them brought by purchasers of the gear. The Panel kept these cases separate from the existing AFFF firefighting foam MDL.
Why it matters. Turnout gear claims that do not involve AFFF exposure now proceed on their own track rather than inside the AFFF litigation.
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