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Date: 03-11-2024
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Case Number: 2:18-cv-01185
Judge: Edmund A. Sargus
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (Franklin County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: D. Butler - 614-221-****
B. Morris - 703-682-****
G. Douglas - 212-566-****
J. Olivito - 614-221-****
M. London - 212-566-****
N. McWilliams - 850-435-****
R. Newman - 212-566-****
R. Bilott - 513-381-****
Defendant's Attorney: Columbus, Ohio insurance defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
Description: Columbus, Ohio personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a negligence theory.
Plaintiff Kevin D. Hardwick filed this action against 3M Company, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, the Chemours Company, Archroma Management L.L.C. (“Archroma”), Arkema, Inc. (“Arkema America”), Arkema France, S.A. (“Arkema France”), Daikin Industries Ltd. (“Daikin Industries”), Daikin America, Inc., Solvay Specialty Polymers, USA, LLC, and AGC Chemicals Americas, Inc. This case focuses on “PFAS,” which are man-made chemicals described by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as follows: Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of man-made chemicals that includes PFOA, PFOS and GenX chemicals. Since the 1940s, PFAS have been manufactured and used in a variety of industries around the globe, including in the United States. PFOA and PFOS have been the most extensively produced and studied of these chemicals. Both are very persistent in the environment and in the human body. Exposure to certain PFAS can lead to adverse human health effects.
Outcome: 03/11/2024 249 ORDER - Pursuant to the November 27, 2023 opinion and judgment by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (ECF No. 247 ) and the subsequent mandate (ECF No. 248), the Court hereby VACATES its prior Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Plaintiffs Motion for Class Certification (ECF No. 233 ) and DISMISSES this case for lack of jurisdiction. Signed by Judge Edmund A. Sargus on 3/11/2024. (cmw) (Entered: 03/11/2024)
03/11/2024 250 CLERK'S JUDGMENT. Signed by Deputy Clerk on 3/11/2024. (cmw) (Entered: 03/11/2024)
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