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Hollingsworth LLP partner David Schifrin recently participated in a CLE webinar addressing the expert, scientific, and evidentiary issues that drive PFAS litigation. The panel examined how counsel can develop and/or challenge proof of exposure, source identification, fate and transport, causation, allocation, and damages in PFAS-based disputes. The discussion included working with experts and complicated scientific evidence, such as environmental sampling, analytical chemistry, toxicology, epidemiology, hydrogeology, and source analysis.

In addition, the panel explored the ways in which PFAS chemicals differ from other contaminants and discussed the state of the science in both personal injury and environmental cases. Panelists addressed the current toxicology, epidemiology, and medical causation evidence with respect to certain PFAS, as well as evidence relating to claims for natural resource damages. They also discussed expert discovery, depositions, and evidentiary challenges through Rule 702 and other motions practice, and offered practical advice on how to present these complex scientific issues in motions and at trial.