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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: 3M Company
Current Parent Company: 3M Company
Penalty: $27,000,000
Year: 2023
Date: March 29, 2023
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: PFAS/PFOA violation
Mega-Scandal: PFC/PFOA
Violation Description: 3M and Wolverine Worldwide together agreed to pay $54 million to settle allegations they were responsible for tainting groundwater in Rockford, Michigan with PFAS forever toxic chemicals. Court documents did not specify how much each company would pay. Here we assume they split the total equally between them.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Western District of Michigan
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 1:17cv1062
Case Name: Cooper et al v. The 3M Company et al
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Minnesota
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: miscellaneous manufacturing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: diversified
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