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This page discusses the link between AFFF firefighting foam and various types of cancer, which has led to thousands of AFFF lawsuits across the country.

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What is AFFF Firefighting Foam?

AFFF firefighting foam has been used for decades to put out fires fueled by chemicals like gasoline. New research has shown that prolonged exposure to the chemicals in AFFF can cause cancer, leading to thousands of lawsuits across the country. Anyone who served in the Navy had a high risk of being exposed to AFFF. In this post, we will look at the connection between AFFF and cancer and why men and women and who were in the Navy may have been exposed to AFFF.

About AFFF Firefighting Foam

AFFF (Aqueous Film-Forming Foam) is a type of firefighting foam that is specifically designed to extinguish liquid fuel fires, particularly those involving jet fuels such as JP-5 and JP-8 used in aircraft. AFFF works by forming a film or blanket of foam over the fuel, which suppresses the fire by separating the fuel from oxygen and cooling the fuel surface.

Aqueous film-forming foam (“AFFF”) is generally known as firefighting foam and it has been used for decades to combat fires fueled by accelerants. AFFF contains high levels of chemicals called PFAS and recent research has shown that occupational exposure to PFAS can cause certain types of cancer. Kidney cancer is one of the diseases that has been scientifically linked to occupational exposure to AFFF firefighting foam.

This page will look at AFFF firefighting foam lawsuits involving kidney cancer and their potential settlement value.

AFFF and PFAS

This page examines AFFF firefighting foam lawsuits involving testicular cancer and their potential settlement value.

Aqueous film-forming foam (“AFFF”), which most people call firefighting foam, has long been used to put out fires fueled by gasoline and other chemicals. Firefighting foam contains high concentrations of PFAS, and new scientific evidence has linked PFAS exposure to certain cancer types.

Testicular cancer is one of the diseases that has been scientifically linked to occupational exposure to AFFF firefighting foam. Our lawyers like these cases. We think the link between testicular cancer and firefighting foam is overwhelming. Our attorneys also think these lawsuits have a strong chance of settling in 2024. If the defendants are going to target types of claims to settle, testicular cancer cases would be an excellent place to start.

Lawyers are gearing up for trial in the first firefighting foam lawsuit. One of the keys to winning a jury trial is controlling what evidence the jury sees. Parties file motions in limine to exclude evidence. It should be noted, that the AFFF firefighting foam class action has been divided into two different types of cases: (1) personal injury cases, and (2) water contamination cases. The personal injury cases are filed by individuals who allege that exposure to AFFF caused them to develop cancer. The water contamination cases are being filed by local municipal governments who claim that their water systems were contaminated by AFFF. The upcoming trial is in the case of City of Stuart v. 3M Co., et al., which is a water contamination case.

A motion in limine is a pretrial motion made by one party requesting that the court rule on the admissibility of evidence before the evidence is presented at trial. These motions are often made to exclude evidence the court will agree is irrelevant, prejudicial, or otherwise inadmissible at trial. By making a motion in limine, parties in the AFFF litigation can avoid the jury seeing some of that evidence when it is presented.

Understanding what the AFFF defendants are trying to keep out of evidence is instructive of the issues that matter in this trial. The AFFF defendants have sought to exclude evidence that the sky is blue, so we will not go through every piece of evidence that the defendants seek to exclude. But this page will summarize some more interesting AFFF evidence that defendant jurors never see.