September 18, 2024
A class of New Hampshire residents seeking to hold the Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp. liable for the contamination of their properties with a toxic forever chemical is fighting the company's bid for summary judgment.
January 02, 2024
A New Hampshire federal judge granted class certification in a lawsuit seeking to hold Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics liable for contamination from "forever chemicals," thwarting the company's argument that class treatment is improper due to the breadth of individual factual and legal issues present.
March 24, 2023
The New Hampshire Supreme Court on Tuesday said plaintiffs in a proposed federal class action seeking to hold Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics liable for contamination from "forever chemicals" may not recover medical monitoring costs as a remedy or as a cause of action.
December 15, 2020
New Hampshire residents who live near a Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics plant say they have more than enough in common to certify a class of neighbors who want to hold the company accountable for contamination from "forever chemicals."
December 07, 2017
A New Hampshire federal judge on Wednesday trimmed an unjust enrichment claim from a putative class action against Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics over alleged water contamination from a toxic chemical used to make Teflon, but let the remaining claims stand.
November 30, 2016
A New Hampshire federal judge on Wednesday declined to send back litigation against Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics over water allegedly contaminated with a toxic chemical used in manufacturing Teflon to state court, as the company is also facing similar suits filed in New York and Vermont.
July 26, 2016
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics argued in New Hampshire federal court Monday that litigation over water allegedly contaminated with a toxic chemical used in manufacturing Teflon shouldn't be sent back to state court, calling attempts by landowners to defeat federal jurisdiction "misguided."
July 11, 2016
New Hampshire landowners who allege that Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics contaminated their water with a toxic chemical used in manufacturing Teflon on Monday asked that their case be moved from federal to state court because it's a "truly local controversy."
June 15, 2016
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics has been hit with another proposed class action over water contamination from a toxic chemical used to manufacture Teflon, the same pollution issue fellow industrial giant DuPont is facing in a bellwether trial.