3M Co. Appeals Connecticut Order Remanding PFAS Water Contamination Claims; Case Docketed in 2nd Circuit

NEW YORK –– 3M Co. has filed an appeal of a Connecticut federal court order remanding a PFAS water contamination lawsuit, contesting the court’s finding that because the plaintiff had disclaimed any relief relating to AFFF contamination, federal jurisdiction was not proper.

3M Co. filed a notice of appeal in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut on Dec. 23; the case was docketed in the 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals the same day.

In a Dec. 17 order, the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut ruled that the defendant could not rely on …