PFAS Water Contamination Court Filings & Case Management Orders (CMOs)

PFAS Water Contamination Lawsuit

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), often called “forever chemicals,” have been used for decades in products such as fire-fighting foam, non-stick cookware, and waterproof clothing. Unfortunately, these chemicals do not break down in the environment, leading to widespread contamination of groundwater and drinking water across the United States.

The primary sources of PFAS contamination in drinking water include industrial sites, landfills, wastewater treatment plants, and fire-fighting foam (AFFF) used by military and civilian fire departments. Studies have shown that long-term exposure to PFAS can cause serious health issues, including cancer, liver disease, thyroid problems, and other illnesses.

Thousands of lawsuits have been filed by individuals and communities whose health and water supplies have been impacted by PFAS contamination. This includes both residents who have lived in affected areas and workers exposed to PFAS chemicals during their employment, such as firefighters.

The cases related to PFAS contamination have been consolidated into a Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) for coordinated handling. The MDL involves numerous lawsuits against manufacturers of AFFF foam and other PFAS-producing companies, alleging that these companies knowingly contaminated the environment and endangered public health.

Below are the currently available filings related to this ongoing litigation:

PFAS Water Contamination Lawsuit Filings

• 01/02/2019: Case Management Order No. 1 – Pretrial Consolidation and Initial Status Conference [PDF]
• 03/20/2019: Case Management Order No. 2 – Organization of Plaintiffs’ Counsel and Leadership Appointments [PDF]
• 6/26/2019: Case Management Order No. 2.A – Amendment on Motions Practice Protocol [PDF]
• 10/26/2022: Case Management Order No. 2.B – Mediation Authority & Appointment of Court-Appointed Mediator [PDF]
• 04/26/2019: Case Management Order No. 3 – Applicability, Scope, and Appointment of Additional Committee Members [PDF]
• 08/06/2019: Case Management Order No. 3.B – Deadline for Adding New Parties [PDF]
• 10/04/2019: Case Management Order No. 3.C – Tolling of Statutes of Limitations and Additional Parties [PDF]
• 05/28/2020: Case Management Order No. 3D – Leave to Amend Complaints (Defendants Addition) [PDF]
• 08/19/2020: Case Management Order No. 3E – Leave to Amend Complaints [PDF]
• 10/05/2020: Case Management Order No. 3F – Tolling of Statutes of Limitations and Additional Parties [PDF]
• 06/19/2020: Case Management Order No. 11 – Remote Depositions [PDF]
• 02/02/2021: Agreement and Stipulated Order for Exceptions to Case Management Order No. 4 (Buckeye Project Files) [PDF]
• 04/16/2021: Case Management Order No. 4.A – Amended Protective Order for Confidential Discovery Materials [PDF]
• 11/02/2022: Case Management Order No. 4.B – Second Amendment to Protective Order [PDF]
• 08/24/2023: Case Management Order No. 4.C – Third Amendment to Protective Order (TOG Competitor Confidentiality) [PDF]
• 10/26/2023: Case Management Order No. 4.D – Amended Protective Order [PDF]
• 08/07/2019: Case Management Order No. 5 – Plaintiff & Defense Fact Sheets Procedures, Authorizations & Scope [PDF]
• 04/30/2020: Case Management Order No. 5A – Procedure for Fact-Sheet Extension Requests & Identification of New AFFF-Contamination Sites by Plaintiffs’ Counsel [PDF]
• 03/18/2020: Case Management Order No. 5B – Procedure for Defendants to Share Costs Associated with PFS Processing, Review, and Storage [PDF]
• 07/23/2020: Case Management Order No. 5C – State Government Plaintiff Fact Sheets [PDF]
• 02/26/2021: Case Management Order No. 5D – Defense Fact Sheets for Non-AFFF Manufacturer Defendants [PDF]
• 03/10/2021: Case Management Order No. 5E – Amended Procedure to Move to Reinstate a Claim That Was Dismissed Without Prejudice Pursuant to Case Management Order No. 5 [PDF]
• 02/26/2024: Case Management Order No. 5F – Turnout Gear Plaintiff Fact Sheets [PDF]
• 10/04/2019: Case Management Order No. 6 – Alternative Service of Process for Defendants [PDF]
• 07/23/2020: Case Management Order No. 6.A – Alternative Service of Process for Additional Defendants [PDF]
• 08/19/2020: Case Management Order No. 6.B – Alternative for Service of Process on Additional Defendants [PDF]
• 11/12/2020: Case Management Order No. 6.C – Alternative for Service of Process on Additional Defendants [PDF]
• 01/26/2021: Case Management Order No. 6.D – Alternative for Service of Process on Additional Defendants [PDF]
• 08/19/2021: Case Management Order No. 6.E – Alternative for Service of Process on Defendants (Amended) [PDF]
• 06/22/2022: Case Management Order No. 6.F – Alternative for Service of Process on Additional Defendants [PDF]
• 10/13/2023: Case Management Order No. 6.G – Alternative for Service of Process on Defendants [PDF]
• 07/23/2024: Case Management Order No. 6.H – Alternative for Service of Process on Defendants [PDF]
• 10/30/2024: Case Management Order No. 6.I – Alternative for Service of Process on Defendants [PDF]
• 11/01/2019: Case Management Order No. 7 – Appointment of Additional Defendants’ Coordination Committee Members [PDF]
• 11/01/2019: Case Management Order No. 8 – Protocol for Privileged Information [PDF]
• 03/23/2020: Case Management Order No. 10 – Appointment of Counsel to Plaintiffs’ and Defendants’ Leadership, Liaison, and Committees [PDF]
• 03/30/2020: Case Management Order No. 10.A – Appointment of Additional Counsel to Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee [PDF]
• 02/08/2021: Case Management Order No. 11A – Remote Depositions – Documents Used to Prepare for Testimony [PDF]
• 07/15/2021: Case Management Order No. 11B – Remote Depositions – Objections Omitted from Record [PDF]
• 02/09/2024: Case Management Order No. 12.C – Tolling of Claims Against Certain Defendants [PDF]
• 12/28/2020: Case Management Order No. 13 – Initial Bellwether Selection and Protocols [PDF]
• 03/30/2021: Case Management Order No. 13.A – Rule 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(2) Motions for Bellwether Discovery Pool Cases [PDF]
• 01/15/2021: Case Management Order No. 14 – Organization of Plaintiffs’ Counsel [PDF]
• 03/24/2021: Case Management Order No. 15 – Appointment of Counsel to Plaintiffs’ and Defendants’ Leadership and Committees [PDF]
• 08/16/2021: Case Management Order No. 15.A – Appointment of Counsel to Defense Coordination Committee [PDF]
• 04/15/2021: Case Management Order No. 16 – Protocol and Schedule for Briefing Dispositive Motions on Government Contractor Defense [PDF]
• 08/25/2021: Case Management Order No. 16.A – Amended Schedule for Briefing Dispositive Motions on Government Contractor Defense [PDF]
• 09/13/2021: Case Management Order No. 16.B – Amended Protocol for Initial Briefing of Dispositive Motions on the Government Contractor Defense [PDF]
• 10/22/2021: Case Management Order No. 16C – Second Amended Protocol for Initial Briefing of Dispositive Motions on the Government Contractor Defense [PDF]
• 04/07/2022: Case Management Order No. 16.D – Protocol for Supplemental Briefing of Dispositive Motions on the Government Contractor Defense [PDF]
• 05/12/2021: Case Management Order No. 17 – Procedure Governing Motions to Seal [PDF]
• 05/19/2021: Case Management Order No. 18 – Notice for Appointment of Special Master [PDF]
• 06/08/2021: Case Management Order No. 18.A – Appointment of Special Master [PDF]
• 08/11/2021: Case Management Order No. 19 – Scheduling Order Governing First Water Provider Bellwether Trial [PDF]
• 11/30/2021: Case Management Order No. 19-A – Amended Scheduling Order Governing First Water Provider Bellwether Trial [PDF]
• 03/22/2022: Case Management Order No. 19-B – Second Amended Scheduling Order Governing First Water Provider Bellwether Trial [PDF]
• 05/05/2022: Case Management Order No. 19-C – Third Amended Scheduling Order Governing First Water Provider Bellwether Trial [PDF]
• 08/01/2022: Case Management Order No. 19-D – Fourth Amended Scheduling Order Governing First Water Provider Bellwether Trial [PDF]
• 08/19/2022: Case Management Order No. 19-E – Fifth Amended Scheduling Order Governing First Water Provider Bellwether Trial [PDF]
• 10/24/2022: Case Management Order No. 19.F – Sixth Amended Scheduling Order Governing First Water Provider Bellwether Trial [PDF]
• 03/02/2023: Case Management Order No. 19G – Supplemental Scheduling Order Governing First Water Provider Bellwether Trial [PDF]
• 11/23/2021: Case Management Order No. 20 – General Denial and Preliminary Statement of Affirmative Defenses in Lieu of Answers [PDF]
• 12/02/2021: Case Management Order No. 21 – Joint Sampling Protocol for Environmental Media [PDF]
• 02/14/2022: Case Management Order No. 22 – Protocol for Expert Witness Depositions and Non-Deposed Trial Witnesses in Tier Two Water Provider Bellwether Cases [PDF]
• 03/19/2024: Case Management Order No. 22-A – Protocol Regarding Expert Witness Depositions and Witnesses Not Previously Deposed [PDF]
• 09/09/2024: Case Management Order No. 22.B – Deposition of Potential Trial Witnesses for Tier Two Personal Injury Bellwether Trial Pool Cases [PDF]
• 02/24/2022: Case Management Order No. 23 – Regarding Fraudulent Transfer Claims Deadlines [PDF]
• 03/30/2022: Case Management Order No. 24 – Appointment of Plaintiffs’ and Defendants’ Leadership, Liaison, and Committee Positions for March 2022–March 2023 Term [PDF]
• 04/24/2023: Case Management Order No. 25 – Protocol for the Schedule for the United States of America’s Jurisdictional Motions [PDF]
• 03/07/2024: Case Management Order No. 25A – Stipulated Amended Protocol for the Schedule for the United States of America’s Jurisdictional Motions [PDF]
• 04/23/2024: Case Management Order No. 25B – Stipulated Amended Protocol for the United States of America’s Jurisdictional Motions [PDF]
• 05/05/2023: Case Management Order No. 26 – Second Bellwether Program: Initial Personal Injury Claims [PDF]
• 10/02/2023: Case Management Order No. 26A – Amendments to Second Bellwether Program: Initial Personal Injury Claims [PDF]
• 12/04/2023: Case Management Order No. 26B – Amendments to Second Bellwether Program: Initial Personal Injury Claims [PDF]
• 12/19/2023: Case Management Order No. 26.C – Core Discovery in Initial Personal Injury Bellwether Discovery Pool Cases [PDF]
• 12/29/2023: Case Management Order No. 26.C-1 – Ex Parte Contact with Plaintiffs’ Healthcare Providers [PDF]
• 05/07/2024: Case Management Order No. 26D – Scheduling Order Governing Initial Personal Injury Bellwether Trial Pool Cases [PDF]
• 10/08/2024: Case Management Order No. 26E – Initial Personal Injury Bellwether Trial Pool Scheduling for Tier 2 Group A and Group B [PDF]
• 09/13/2023: Case Management Order No. 27 – Telomer AFFF Bellwether Program Selection, Discovery, and Trial Schedule [PDF]
• 11/03/2023: Case Management Order No. 27A – Telomer Water Provider Tier Two Deposition Plan Deadline [PDF]
• 11/27/2023: Case Management Order No. 27B – Telomer Water Provider Tier Two Proposals & Deposition Plan Deadline [PDF]
• 11/30/2023: Case Management Order No. 27C – Telomer Water Provider Tier Two Proposals & Deposition Plan Deadline [PDF]
• 12/19/2023: Case Management Order No. 27D – Telomer AFFF Bellwether Program Tier Two Case Selection [PDF]
• 02/06/2024: Case Management Order No. 27E – Telomer AFFF Bellwether Program Expert Deadlines & Trial Schedule [PDF]
• 04/09/2024: Case Management Order No. 27F – Protocol for Rule 12(b) Defenses in Telomer Water Provider Tier Two Cases [PDF]
• 04/22/2024: Case Management Order No. 27G – Telomer AFFF Bellwether Program Expert Deadlines & Trial Schedule [PDF]
• 05/20/2024: Case Management Order No. 27H – Telomer AFFF Bellwether Program Expert Deadlines & Trial Schedule [PDF]
• 07/19/2024: Case Management Order No. 27-I – Telomer AFFF Bellwether Program Expert Deadlines & Trial Schedule [PDF]
• 03/13/2024: Case Management Order No. 28 – Unlisted Claims and Deadlines for Dismissals [PDF]
• 04/09/2024: Amended Case Management Order No. 28 – Unlisted Claims Procedures & Deadlines [PDF]
• 05/15/2024: Second Amended Case Management Order No. 28 – Unlisted Claims and Dismissal Deadlines [PDF]
• 08/20/2024: Case Management Order No. 28A – Extension of Deadline for Dismissals of Unlisted Claims [PDF]
• 04/25/2024: Case Management Order No. 29 – Appointment of Counsel to Plaintiffs’ and Defendants’ Leadership Positions [PDF]
• 05/28/2024: Case Management Order No. 30 – Protocol for Dismissing Unlisted Personal Injury Claims in PFAS Water Contamination Lawsuit [PDF]
• 10/15/2024: Case Management Order No. 31 – Procedure and Schedule for Completion of Plaintiff Profile Forms [PDF]
• 01/15/2025: Case Management Order No. 31A – Revised Deadlines for Plaintiff Profile Form (PPF) and Amended PI Fact Sheet Submission [PDF]
• 03/10/2025: Case Management Order No. 31B – Amended Deadlines for Plaintiff Profile and Fact Sheet Submissions [PDF]
• 03/26/2025: Case Management Order No. 33 – Update on Personal Injury Bellwether Cases and Injury List Expansion [PDF]
  
• 04/01/2025: Case Management Order No. 32 – Approval of Real Property Product ID Sites [PDF]

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PFAS Lawsuit Information

For more details on the connection between PFAS exposure and its health risks, visit our PFAS Water Contamination Lawsuit Information page.

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