105 MILLION SETTLEMENT — Atrazine Drinking Water Contamination (Syngenta)
Dr. Rosenfeld Collected and Analyzed Underlying Exposure Data In a longstanding class-action lawsuit involving atrazine contamination of municipal drinking water, Syngenta agreed to a $105 million settlement resolving claims by nearly 2,000 community water systems...
$450 MILLION SETTLEMENT FRAMEWORK — MTBE Groundwater Contamination (Lyondell Chemical)
Dr. Rosenfeld Collected and Evaluated Underlying Exposure Data In nationwide multidistrict litigation concerning methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) groundwater contamination, claimants challenged a proposed $450 million settlement plan associated with the bankruptcy...
$10.3 BILLION SETTLEMENT — PFAS “Forever Chemicals” Drinking Water Litigation (3M)
Dr. Rosenfeld Collected and Analyzed Underlying Exposure Data In 2023, 3M received preliminary court approval for a $10.3 billion settlement resolving hundreds of lawsuits brought by public water providers nationwide alleging contamination of drinking water with per-...
$42 MILLION SETTLEMENT — Heavy-Metal Soil Contamination (U.S. Metals Refining Co., Carteret, NJ)
Dr. Rosenfeld Provided Expert Testimony Property owners in Carteret, New Jersey reached a $42 million class-action settlement with U.S. Metals Refining Co. after alleging that historic smelting operations released lead, arsenic, and other toxic metals into surrounding...
$45+ MILLION SETTLEMENT — Odor & Air-Pollution Nuisance (Grain Processing Corporation, Iowa)
Dr. Rosenfeld Served as Testifying Expert (Multiple Depositions) In a long-running class-action nuisance lawsuit filed in 2012, residents living within 1.5 miles of the Grain Processing Corporation (GPC) corn wet-milling plant in Muscatine, Iowa alleged that decades...
$72 MILLION JURY VERDICT — Dioxin & Furan Exposure from Cerro Flow Copper Smelting (Illinois)
Dr. Rosenfeld Served as Expert Witness at Trial In October 2021, an Illinois jury awarded $72 million to 12 plaintiffs who developed cancer after decades of exposure to toxic emissions from a secondary copper smelting facility operated by Cerro Flow Products LLC in...
$21.8 MILLION JURY VERDICT — FELA Diesel & Creosote Exposure (Norfolk Southern)
Dr. Rosenfeld Served as Expert Witness at Trial A jury awarded $21.8 million to the estate of Randall Redford in Estate of Randall Redford v. Norfolk Southern Railway Company, finding the railroad 48% liable under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) for...
$1.185 Billion DuPont PFAS Settlement
Dr. Rosenfeld Collected and Analyzed Underlying Exposure Data In June 2023, chemical manufacturers DuPont de Nemours, Corteva, Inc., and The Chemours Company agreed to establish a $1.185 billion settlement fund to resolve a large portion of multidistrict litigation...