Thousands of Americans who blame 3M's PFAS-laden firefighting foams for giving them cancer will present their claims to a jury for the first time this fall.

Unless they reach a settlement with the Maplewood-based company first.

"The worst-kept secret in this litigation right now is that these lawsuits are expected to settle soon," attorney Ronald Miller, whose firm represents many plaintiffs, wrote in a blog he keeps to track the cases.

Settlement or not, 3M faces potentially billions of dollars in personal injury payouts and in dozens of other PFAS cases. Even after a blockbuster 2023 settlement of $12.5 billion after public systems found PFAS in their drinking water, the manufacturer might be only halfway through its "forever chemical" liabilities.

Analysts figure there's $5 billio

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