On Monday, April 18, 2022, U.S. District Court Judge Geoffrey Crawford issued a Final Approval Order granting a $34 million class-action settlement in Bennington, Vermont.  The decision marked the end of a six-year lawsuit over the contamination of drinking wells in Bennington with PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid), a toxic forever chemical. The settlement provides significant compensation to... Read more »

Davis & Whitlock, P.C., is pleased to announce that firm partner Jamie Whitlock has been recognized in the 2022 edition of Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite, a listing of the state’s best practitioners in their fields. This year, only 3 percent of the state’s 28,000 active attorneys were selected for Legal Elite recognition. For the... Read more »

U.S. District Judge Geoffrey Crawford gave preliminary approval to the proposed settlement in the suit against Saint-Gobain over the PFOA contamination in the Bennington area. James Sullivan, of North Bennington, one of the named plaintiffs in the class-action suit and designated as a spokesman for the group, said in a release, “This settlement provides significant... Read more »