silence7 to New York Times gift articles@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 1 month agoLawyers to Plastics Makers: Prepare for ‘Astronomical’ PFAS Lawsuits | At an industry presentation about dangerous “forever chemicals,” lawyers predicted a wave of lawsuits that could dwarf asbestoswww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldusa@lemmy.ml
arrow-up174arrow-down1external-linkLawyers to Plastics Makers: Prepare for ‘Astronomical’ PFAS Lawsuits | At an industry presentation about dangerous “forever chemicals,” lawyers predicted a wave of lawsuits that could dwarf asbestoswww.nytimes.comsilence7 to New York Times gift articles@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldusa@lemmy.ml
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/10006628 Key background: the companies covered up risk for decades, instead of doing the right thing, and finding another way to achieve a similar outcome
minus-squareGork@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 month agoDoes this mean that we’ll soon be inundated with lawyer ads that say we’re Entitled to Compensation?
minus-squaresilence7OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoThe US legal system often takes years before something like this gets to a settlement.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoYou may be entitled to a settlement of seventy-five cents and your weight in plastic ashtrays. Call now!
Does this mean that we’ll soon be inundated with lawyer ads that say we’re Entitled to Compensation?
The US legal system often takes years before something like this gets to a settlement.
You may be entitled to a settlement of seventy-five cents and your weight in plastic ashtrays. Call now!