JOHNSON v. 3M

CIVIL ACTION No. 4:20-cv-8-AT.

563 F.Supp.3d 1253 (2021)

Jarrod JOHNSON, individually, and on Behalf of a Class of persons similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. 3M et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Georgia, Rome Division.

Signed September 20, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam Wade Pittman , Brett Cooper Thompson , F. Jerome Tapley , Pro Hac Vice, Hirlye R. Lutz, III , Pro Hac Vice, Nina Towle Herring , Pro Hac Vice, Robert Akira Watson , Pro Hac Vice, Cory Watson, P.C., Birmingham, AL, Gary A. Davis , Pro Hac Vice, Gary A. Davis , Attorney, Ashville, NC, James S. Whitlock , Pro Hac Vice, Davis & Whitlock, P.C., Asheville, NC, Ryals Drayton Stone , The Stone Law Group — Trial Lawyers, LLC, Rome, GA, William Sims Stone , The Stone Law Group — Trial Lawyers, LLC, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff.

Benjamin Phillip Harmon , Harlan Irby Prater, IV , Pro Hac Vice, Mark Christian King , Pro Hac Vice, William Larkin Radney, IV , Pro Hac Vice, Jackson R. Sharman, III , Lightfoot Franklin & White, LLC, Birmingham, AL, Katherine Leigh D'Ambrosio , Monica Perdomo Witte , Robert B. Remar , Sterling Gardner Culpepper, III , Rogers & Hardin, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant 3M Company.

David Baird Carpenter , Geoffrey C. Rathgeber , Douglas G. Scribner , Fiona O'Carroll, Alston & Bird, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants Aladdin Manufacturing Corporation, Mohawk Carpet, LLC, Mohawk Industries, Inc.

Warren N. Coppedge, Jr. , Stephen Michmerhuizen , Coppedge, Michmerhuizen & Rayburn, Dalton, GA, for Defendant Arrowstar, LLC.

Adam K. Peck , Pro Hac Vice, Lana A. Olson , Pro Hac Vice, Suzanne A. Fleming , Pro Hac Vice, Brian Patrick Kappel , John M. Johnson , Pro Hac Vice, Amaobi Joseph Enyinnia , Lightfoot Franklin & White, LLC, Birmingham, AL, Blair Joseph Cash , Moseley Marcinak Law Group, LLP, Kennesaw, GA, Thomas C. Causby , Morris & Dean, Dalton, GA, for Defendant E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company.

Michael J. Dumitru , W. Randall Wilson , Pro Hac Vice, Miller & Martin, PLLC, Chattanooga, TN, Elizabeth Marquardt , Miller & Martin PLLC, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant Engineered Floors, LLC.

Meaghan Goodwin Boyd , Alston & Bird, LLP, Jamie Blaxton Carroll , Michael Scott Cole , Michael Weiss , Milton Russell Wofford, Jr. , Carroll & Weiss, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant Milliken & Company.

David C. Higney , Grant Konvalinka & Harrison, Chattanooga, TN, for Defendant Oriental Weavers USA, Inc.

Christian James Crowder-Bromley , Julia Fenwick Ost , William Vance Custer, IV , Jennifer Burch Dempsey , Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants Shaw Industries, Inc., Shaw Industries Group, Inc.

Christian Collier Feldman , Pro Hac Vice, John W. Scott , Scott Dukes & Geisler, Ethan A. Wilkinson , Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn and Dial, Birmingham, AL, Brendan Hanner White , Michael Joseph Sullivan , Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Vonnetta Leatrice Benjamin , Lewis Brisbois , Atlanta, GA, for Defendant Tarkett USA, Inc.

Adam K. Peck , Pro Hac Vice, Suzanne A. Fleming , Pro Hac Vice, Brian Patrick Kappel , Amaobi Joseph Enyinnia , Lightfoot Franklin & White, LLC, Birmingham, AL, Blair Joseph Cash , Moseley Marcinak Law Group, LLP, Kennesaw, GA, Thomas C. Causby , Morris & Dean, Dalton, GA, for Defendant The Chemours Company.

Jenna W. Fullerton , Meredith Corey Lee , M. Ellis Lord , Pro Hac Vice, William Scott Parrish , Miller & Martin, PLLC, Chattanooga, TN, Neil Louis Wilcove , Miller & Martin, PLLC, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant The Dixie Group, Inc.

Christopher Jones , Pro Hac Vice, Christopher M. Ward , Pro Hac Vice, Calfee Halter & Griswold LLP, Columbus, OH, Meaghan Goodwin Boyd , Alston & Bird, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant Americhem, Inc. c/o Corporation Service Company 40 Technology Parkway, South Suite 300 Norcross, GA 30092.

David Joel Marmins , Edward Alexander Marshall , Morgan Ellen McCloy Harrison , Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant Chem-Tech Finishers, Inc. c/o Tom Minor 745 College Drive Dalton, GA 30722.

Robert Harris Smalley, III , McCamy Phillips Tuggle & Fordham, Dalton, GA, for Defendants Color Express, Inc. c/o Doyle Gazaway 218 Stadium Way Cohuta, GA 30710, JB NSD, Inc.

Tracy C. Wooden , Wooden Law Firm, PC, Chattanooga, TN, for Defendant Columbia Recycling Corp. c/o Robert Gary Goldberg 1001 Chattanooga Avenue PO Box 2101 Dalton, GA 30720.

Douglas A. Vonderhaar , Pro Hac Vice, Kayla Marie Prieto , Pro Hac Vice, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Columbus, OH, Kevin Daniel Bradberry , Ronald Barrett Gaither, Jr. , Baker Hostetler, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant Cycle Tex, Inc. c/o Phillip H. Neff 2002 Sheffield Place Dalton, GA 30720.

Lindsey B. Mann , Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant Dalton Utilities c/o Tom Bundros 1200 V.D. Parrott Jr. Parkway P.O. Box 869 Dalton, GA 30722.

C. Bradford Marsh , Myrece Rebecca Johnson , Sara Alexandre , Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP, Robert A. Luskin , Robert Ernest Noble, III , Goodman McGuffey, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Henry C. Tharpe, Jr. , Sponcler and Tharpe, Dalton, GA, for Defendant Dalton-Whitfield Solid Waste Authority c/o Dierk Verhoeff, Executive Director 587 Gazaway Road, SE PO Box 1205 Dalton, GA 30722.

E. Fitzgerald Veira , Lindsey B. Mann , Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant Water, Light, and Sinking Fund Commission of City of Dalton c/o Tom Bundros 1200 V.D. Parrott Jr. Parkway P.O. Box 869 Dalton, GA 30722.

Elizabeth Bolton Davis , Kwende B. Jones , Burr & Forman, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant Fibro Chem, LLC.

Meaghan Goodwin Boyd , Shannon Vreeland , Jessica Williams-Vickery , Alston & Bird, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant IMACC Corporation.

David Montgomery Moore , Earth and Water Law, LLC, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant PSG-Functional Materials, LLC.

Samantha A. Lunn , Husch Blackwell LLP, Chattanooga, TN, for Defendant Secoa Technology, LLC c/o Frank Guy Henley, III 3225 Old Crider Road Rocky Face, GA 30740.

Elizabeth A. Dieck , Pro Hac Vice, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP, Charleston, SC, Alexander Bunnen Feinberg , Maynard Cooper & Gale, P.C., Birmingham, AL, Joshua David Marks , Parker Poe , Atlanta, GA, Steven Daniel Weber , Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte, NC, for Defendant Dystar, LP.

Martin A. Shelton , Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant MFG Chemical, LLC.

Brooks Smith , Troutman, Pepper, Hamilton, & Sanders, LLP, Richmond, VA, E. Fitzgerald Veira , Lindsey B. Mann , John Houston Shaner , Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant City of Dalton, Georgia.

Christopher L. Yeilding , Pro Hac Vice, Balch & Bingham, Kary Bryant Wolfe , Pro Hac Vice, Steven F. Casey , Pro Hac Vice, Jones Walker, LLP, Birmingham, AL, Theodore M. Grossman , Pro Hac Vice, Jones Day, New York, NY, William Emery Underwood , Jones Walker, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant Daikin America, Inc.

Merideth Snow Daly , Pro Hac Vice, Alexandra B. Cunningham , Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Richmond, VA, Brooke F. Voelzke, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant INV Performance Surfaces, LLC.

Bilal Harris , David Montgomery Moore, Earth and Water Law, LLC, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant Polyventive LLC.


ORDER

Dalton, Georgia has been dubbed the "Carpet Capital of the World." But Dalton's carpet commerce, according to Plaintiff, has resulted in serious harm to individuals that live in the surrounding area because certain chemicals heavily used in carpet production, PFAS...

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