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Anniston staff weigh joining PFAS class action to recover cost of contaminated turnout gear
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City staff said an out-of-state law firm has asked Anniston to serve as the Alabama plaintiff in a nationwide PFAS class action seeking replacement costs for contaminated firefighters' turnout gear; staff described the proposal as "no risk" and noted a federal deadline to add parties.
A staff member said the City of Anniston has been asked by an out-of-state law firm to serve as the Alabama plaintiff in a nationwide class-action lawsuit alleging firefighters' turnout gear is contaminated with PFAS and seeking recovery of replacement costs.
The staff member told colleagues the firm is based in Delaware and that the case is already past the motion-to-dismiss stage; the next procedural step is class certification. "It's a no risk proposition for the city of Aniston," the staff member…
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