CHATHAM — The Select Board voted unanimously this week to join with other towns, public utilities, colleges, counties, states and even airports from across the country, in suing the manufacturers of a chemical group known as PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) for its impact on water supplies.
"The (clock) is running, the cases are already open," said Town Counsel Pat Costello, responding to requests by two separate groups of attorneys to sign onto two separate lawsuits. Known as Multi-District Litigation, these are essentially class action lawsuits.
The first case is due to be heard in federal court in South Carolina, according to Richard Sandman, an attorney with Rodman, Rodman & Sandman of Malden, the firm that solicited Chatham and other Cape towns to join in the suit as part of the PFAS Litigation Group. Costello told the select board that first trial is coming up in January and is a test case.
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Board members voted unanimously to join in the litigation proposed by the PFAS Litigation Group over an invitation by the New York City-based law firm of Napoli Shkolnik. According to documents supplied by the litigation group, they are also representing seven Massachusetts towns, including Falmouth and Barnstable in this suit.
In his letter to the town, Sandman cited success in water contamination cases including obtaining a $100 million award for 90 Massachusetts...
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