(December 1, 2022, 1:35 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has transferred to South Carolina federal court a groundwater contamination lawsuit brought by a New York municipality seeking damages against the makers of the firefighting agent known as aqueous film forming foam (AFFF). The defendants argue that they are immune from litigation because they were acting as government contractors when they manufactured AFFF....