RALEIGH,
N.C., March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --
There is a class action lawsuit against E.I. du Pont de Nemours
and Company and The Chemours Company FC, LLC ("the Defendants")
that alleges that beginning in 1980, the Fayetteville
Works plant, operated by the Defendants, discharged wastewater
containing per- and polyfluorinated substances ("PFAS") into the
Cape Fear River, contaminating the water. The Court decided
that this case should be certified as a class action on behalf of
two "Classes" or groups of people that could include you. The
Court has not decided who is right. There is no money or
other benefit available now and no guarantee there will be.
What is this case about?
The lawsuit alleges that beginning in 1980, the
Fayetteville Works plant, operated by the Defendants, discharged
wastewater containing PFAS into the Cape Fear River, contaminating
the water. As a result, the lawsuit alleges that
drinking water was contaminated and water pipes were damaged.
It alleges that PFAS can cause certain cancers and
other diseases, and that people living close to the plant who drank
the polluted water became sick because they were exposed to
PFAS. The lawsuit also alleges the Defendants
knew PFAS was dangerous and did not tell anyone that they released
these chemicals into the Cape Fear River and the environment around
the Fayetteville Works plant. The Defendants deny these
claims and deny they did anything wrong. The lawyers for the
Classes will have to prove their claims in Court.
Who is included?
In this class action there are two Classes, and you are included
if you are an owner or renter of residential property from
February 1, 2015 to present whose
property (1) is serviced by a public water utility servicing
Bladen, Brunswick, Cumberland, New
Hanover, or Pender Counties
that draws water from or obtains water drawn from the Cape Fear
River downstream of the Fayetteville Works plant ("Public Utility
Class"); or (2) receives drinking water from a groundwater source
with quantifiable concentrations of any of certain PFAS from the
Fayetteville Works plant ("Groundwater Class"). There are
also three damages subclasses: (1) current residential property
owner-occupiers or renters who have not yet installed both reverse
osmosis filters and new water heaters on their property
("Owner-Occupier/Renter Damages Subclass"); (2) property owners or
renters who paid for bottled water, water heaters, and/or reverse
osmosis filters from 2017 to present ("Purchaser Damages
Subclass"); or (3) property owners who purchased their residential
property prior to June 2017 and have
not installed both reverse osmosis filters and new water heaters
("Long-Time Property Owner Damages Subclass").
Who represents the Classes?
The Court has appointed a group of attorneys to represent the
Classes as "Class Counsel." You do not have to pay Class
Counsel or anyone else to participate. Instead, if Class
Counsel recovers money or benefits for the Class(es), they will ask
the Court for their attorneys' fees and expenses. If
approved, these fees and expenses will be deducted from any money
obtained for the Class(es) or paid separately by the
Defendants. You may hire your own lawyer to appear in Court
for you, but if you do, you have to pay that lawyer.
What are my options?
To stay in the Class(es), you do not have to do anything.
If money or benefits are obtained, you will be notified of how to
request a share. If you stay in the Class(es), you will not
be able to sue the Defendants on your own about the claims in this
lawsuit. If you want to maintain your rights to sue on your
own, you must exclude yourself by June 12,
2024 by following the procedure set forth on the website for
the case, www.NCPFASLitigation.com. If you exclude yourself,
you cannot get money or benefits from this lawsuit if any are
awarded.
For more
information:
Call: 1-877-495-0948
Visit: www.NCPFASLitigation.com
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