[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "[Federal] Court sets precedent, rules Navy can be sued for PFAS claims"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Court sets precedent, rules Navy can be sued for PFAS claims

By Kyle Bagenstose
Bucks County Courier Times (PA)
October 2, 2018 
 
 
After two years of court losses, a federal appeals court ruling poked holes in a federal immunity defense as local residents seek to sue over local water contamination.

A federal appeals court in Philadelphia ruled Tuesday that Bucks and Montgomery County residents can proceed with claims over water contamination near area military bases, reversing two years’ worth of legal setbacks and what had looked like a watertight immunity defense for the U.S. Navy.

“I think it’s a very important principle for holding the government accountable for its pollution,” said Mark Cuker, attorney with the Cuker Law Firm and counsel for the Giovanni family of Warrington.



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For the entire article, see
http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/news/20181002/court-sets-precedent-rules-navy-can-be-sued-for-pfas-claims

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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