Sixth Circuit validates challenge to PFAS class – demands greater specificity in pleading standards for causation

On November 27, a landmark PFAS decision by the Sixth Circuit effectively dismissed a statewide class action for lack of standing. This potentially sets the stage for a new era of PFAS litigation, where historically general and conclusory allegations by PFAS plaintiffs must be substituted with particularized pleadings connecting each defendant to the detected PFAS compound in the plaintiff’s body….
By: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP