( January 19, 2024, 2:06 PM EST) -- CINCINNATI — A panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 18 denied a firefighter’s petition for rehearing en banc of the panel’s ruling that he failed to allege “any plausible pathway” by which per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances XE "per- and
polyfluoroalkyl substances" (PFAS) had gotten into his bloodstream. The firefighter had argued that “undisputed evidence” showed that each defendant in the class action made PFAS and bears responsibility for contaminating his blood....