Middlesex Water Company Takes Further Action to Protect Customers; Impleads 3M into Class Action Lawsuit
Source: https://www.globenewswire.com/May 4, 2022
Middlesex Water Company (NASDAQ: MSEX) today impleaded 3M Company as a third-party defendant in a current class action lawsuit in the Superior Court of New Jersey (Vera v. Middlesex Water). Middlesex Water Company has taken this action in addition to a separate lawsuit Middlesex Water initiated against the 3M Company in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in October 2018 (Middlesex Water v. 3M Company). In Middlesex Water v. 3M Company, Middlesex Water seeks to hold 3M accountable for 3M’s introduction of PFAS into Middlesex Water’s water supply at its Park Avenue wellfield facility in South Plainfield, New Jersey. Unlike Middlesex Water Company, the plaintiffs in Vera v. Middlesex Water Company have sued the wrong party, and failed to sue the correct party responsible for the perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) placed into Middlesex Water Company’s water supply – the 3M Company. Read more.
