The Maine district court docket denied Solenis, BASF, and 3M’s movement to dismiss claims introduced by householders within the city of Fairfield which alleged {that a} paper mill and the chemical corporations are liable for the contamination of their water with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
In Lawrence Higgins v. Huhtamaki, Inc., the plaintiff householders alleged that their groundwater wells are contaminated with PFAS, exposing the residents to well being dangers as a reult of the paper mill’s manufacturing course of. Allegedly, discharge into floor water, onto land, and into wastewater of contaminating biosolids from a close-by water therapy facility resulted in these biosolids being unfold as fertilizer on the agricultural fiends close to the plaintiff’s properties. Solenis, BASF, and 3M, argued that the plaintiffs haven’t alleged an actionable declare underneath Federal Rule of Civil Process 12(b)(6), according to the opinion.
