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DeLand hires national plaintiffs’ firm to pursue PFAS claims; work on testing and claims to proceed on contingency
Summary
The commission approved retention of a plaintiffs’ law firm already serving on the national plaintiffs’ executive committee to assist DeLand with PFAS testing, well-level claims and participation in nationwide settlements. The firm’s work will be contingency-based: no recovery, no fee.
The City Commission voted to retain a plaintiffs’ law firm experienced in PFAS toxic-tort litigation to help the city document contamination, submit claims and pursue recovery tied to PFAS releases.
City counsel introduced James Farraro, a plaintiffs’ attorney whose firm is on the plaintiffs’ executive committee in national PFAS litigation. Farraro told the commission his firm represents multiple public water systems in Florida and Georgia and has been active in PFAS MDL (multi-district litigation) matters since 2018. He described PFAS as a class of persistent chemicals, most prominently problematic…
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