\u201cThis has indeed been a long-fought case, and it’s been years of dedicated work without compensation for many involved,\u201d Paul Napoli of Napoli Shkolnik<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A U.S. judge on Tuesday awarded over $956 million in legal fees to plaintiffs\u2019 lawyers who secured two settlements worth more than $11 billion with major manufacturers of toxic \u201cforever chemicals\u201d on behalf of public water systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The award will be dispersed in stages as the settlements are paid out, and a special master will determine how the funds are distributed between firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Roughly 26,000 water systems across the country will use the rest of the settlement money to test for and treat PFAS contamination, which is now mandated, opens new tab<\/a> under a new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule issued this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n