PFAS Makers Invoke Government Contractor Defense In AFFF Water Pollution Case

(November 11, 2022, 10:46 AM EST) -- BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Two makers of the firefighting agent known as aqueous film forming foam (AFFF), who are defendants in a groundwater contamination lawsuit brought by a municipality, have removed the case to New York federal court, contending that the matter belongs in federal jurisdiction because the defendants were acting as government contractors when they manufactured AFFF....