Court Urged To Combine 5 AFFF Lawsuits For First MDL Bellwether Trial

The São Paulo Court dismissed a lawsuit filed by the mayor of the capital of São Paulo, Ricardo Nunes (MDB), against federal deputy Tabata Amaral (PSB-SP). He was asking for R$50,000 in moral damages after a statement made by the congresswoman during a debate for the mayor's office in 2024, when Tabata said that the mayor should adopt the slogan “steal and do nothing”. Judge Priscilla Neves Netto, of the 30th Civil Court of the Central Court of …

Court Urged To Combine 5 AFFF Lawsuits For First MDL Bellwether Trial

Plaintiffs indicate the kidney cancer and testicular cancer lawsuits involving AFFF water contamination should be consolidated into a single trial, to gauge how juries may respond in thousands of other cases. Plaintiffs’ attorneys have asked the U.S. District Judge presiding over all aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) lawsuits to combine five separate claims, e…