Mealey's (June 6, 2023, 11:25 AM EDT) -- CHARLESTON, S.C. — A federal judge in South Carolina on June 5 paused the first bellwether trial against 3M Co. related to alleged injuries from the firefighting agent aqueous film forming foam (AFFF), saying he is “firmly persuaded that a continuance of this trial to afford the parties the opportunity to finalize a global resolution of the water district cases in the [multidistrict litigation] is in the interest of all of the parties to this litigation and is in the interest of justice.”...