Tyco firefighting foam settlement overview:
- Who: A federal judge in South Carolina granted preliminary approval to a $750 million settlement agreed to by Tyco Fire Products and Chemguard Inc.
- Why: The Tyco settlement resolves claims the company produced firefighting foam containing forever chemicals that ended up in public water systems.
- Where: The firefighting foam water contamination multidistrict litigation is in South Carolina federal court.
A South Carolina federal judge preliminarily approved a $750 million settlement made by Tyco Fire Products to resolve claims the company’s firefighting foam contained forever chemicals that ended up in public water systems.
The settlement came as part of an ongoing multidistrict litigation involving claims that per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in aqueous film-forming foam products have contaminated public water systems across the U.S.
Tyco, along with fellow Johnson Controls International PLC subsidiary Chemguard Inc., reached the settlement agreement in April, reports Law360.
The judge, meanwhile, wrote he found the settlement agreement to be reasonable, with no obvious deficiencies or obvious preferential treatment toward class representatives.
Tyco settlement class includes public waters systems who have detected PFAS in drinking water supplies
The Tyco settlement was made to benefit a class of public water systems that broadly includes those who have detected PFAS in their drinking water supplies since May 15, with various exclusions, reports Law360.
The agreement was preceded in the MDL by a $12.5 billion settlement made by 3M Co. last year, a $1.2 billion settlement agreed to by DuPont, Corteva and Chemours and a $316.5 million settlement agreed to by BASF Corp. earlier this year.
The 3M settlement — which came after five years of court — was granted preliminary approval last year after wording from an original settlement approval was changed.
The MDL has more than 10,000 cases involving damages related to PFAS and includes claims revolving around harm from exposure, medical monitoring, remediation and cleanup costs for property owners, harm to natural resources in states and costs for drinking water testing and remediation costs for public water providers, reports Law360.
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The Tyco firefighting foam settlement is In re: Aqueous Film-Forming Foams Products Liability Litigation, Case No. 2:18-mn-02873, in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.
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