AFFF Injury Attorneys
Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF) is a firefighting foam used on military bases and for class B fires. AFFF contains dangerous PFAS chemicals, including PFOS and PFOA. These toxic “forever chemicals” have contaminated groundwater all over the country and have caused serious injury to many who have consumed the contaminated water. Just in Bucks and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania, over 100,000 residents have been affected. In addition to those individuals harmed by drinking and using water contaminated with PFAS, firefighters across the country have also been injured after using AFFF.
Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky represents people and municipal entities who have been harmed by AFFF/PFAS, including:
- Individuals who lived near a military base where AFFF was used
- Individuals who have been notified by their water provider that PFAS was detected in the water supply
- Firefighters who used AFFF in training or live fire emergencies
- Municipal water providers who have to remediate their water systems due to PFAS contamination
This is a significant nationwide problem affecting the water quality for millions of Americans. Our involvement in this litigation will last for many years as we fight to get PFAS out of America’s water system and return local drinking water supplies to their clean and healthy original state.
Lawrence Cohan
UNMATCHED EXPERIENCE
Led by partners Larry Cohan and Josh Cohan, Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky represents victims of AFFF/PFAS exposure who are suffering from:
- Kidney cancer
- Testicular cancer
- Thyroid cancer
- Thyroid disease
- Liver cancer
- Ulcerative colitis
- Other serious medical conditions and cancers
We pursue claims against the manufacturers of the AFFF and manufacturers of the PFAS chemicals used in AFFF.
Larry is one of a select group of attorneys appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee (PEC) in the Federal Court AFFF Multi-District Litigation (MDL) in South Carolina and Josh currently sits on two leadership committees in the ongoing AFFF MDL. This litigation includes thousands of lawsuits that were originally filed across the country against the 3M Company, Dupont, and other manufacturers seeking damages for the widespread harm caused by the use of AFFF/PFAS.
In addition, Larry serves on the executive committee for the class action lawsuit for medical monitoring on behalf of residents in Bucks and Montgomery counties affected by PFAS contamination.
UNMATCHED COMMITMENT
As it has become clear that there is a probable link between AFFF exposure and kidney cancer, thyroid disease, thyroid cancer, liver cancer, testicular cancer, and ulcerative colitis, Larry Cohan and Josh Cohan have responded by fighting on behalf of people who have been injured and public water providers who have been harmed, advocating for clean water for all of us, and ensuring the companies who polluted our water and sold dangerous products are held accountable.
In fact, Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky partners are proud to serve on the AFFF MDL PEC, which recently was able to reach historic settlements on behalf of water providers around the country whose water systems became contaminated with PFAS chemicals as a result of the use of AFFF. Recent settlements reached in the AFFF MDL on behalf of public water providers include:
- $12.5 Billion Settlement with 3M Company
- $1.185 Billion Settlement with Dupont, Chemours, Corteva
- $750 Million Settlement with Tyco Fire Products LP
- $316.5 Million Settlement with BASF Corporation
The settlement reached with 3M was the largest water contamination settlement in United States history.
SMB is committed to obtaining the results you need and deserve.
At the present time, Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky is no longer accepting new cases on behalf of individuals who consumed PFAS-contaminated water and later developed one of the above listed injuries, pending further direction from the Court.
Litigation Update
The first personal injury trial in the AFFF MDL was set to begin in October 2025 and was going to involve a Pennsylvania Plaintiff who had been diagnosed with kidney cancer after consuming PFAS contaminated water for decades. Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky attorneys Larry Cohan and Josh Cohan are part of the trial team that will be trying the first case in the country in the AFFF MDL. However, the trial date was put on hold by the Court and has not yet been rescheduled. We anticipate that the trial will be rescheduled in 2026.
Additionally, the AFFF MDL saw a surge of new filings in August and September 2025. The litigation has been pending for years and up until recently, there were less than 20,000 filed cases. A recent rash of new legal filings, following the entry of a Court Order, has brought the total number of filed cases to well over 100,000. The Court recently placed a quasi-moratorium on new personal injury case filings, meaning that there are substantial additional barriers that potential Plaintiffs must face if they intend to pursue an AFFF lawsuit after September 10, 2025.