Johnson Controls to pay Peshtigo residents $17.5M to settle PFAS lawsuit

Johnson Controls has agreed to pay $17.5 million to Peshtigo-area residents whose water was contaminated by “forever chemicals” from a manufacturing plant in Marinette.

The agreement announced Thursday is part of a settlement in a 2018 class-action lawsuit against the company’s Tyco Fire Products subsidiary and is subject to court approval.

In a statement, the company said the settlement is not an admission of wrongdoing but “expresses our desire to resolve this litigation so that we can focus on the permanent solutions we have identified to get rid of the PFAS from the (Fire Technology Center).”
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Ken Notes: First thanks to Johnson Controls for helping. Second I remain concerned that this will become a slippery slope if we do not sit down and work together on solving the problem. We do not have cost effective remediation options in place and until we do we are not sure how to deal with the issue. Also since the government will be one of the chief contributors, military air bases, how will they fit into the equation. So many variables so few answers...