The family went to the justice of the peace to claim compensation from the chemical company on the basis of “excessive neighbor nuisance”. The justice of the peace ruled that all conditions for liability for nuisance to neighbors were met.
“The nuisance is excessive as the determined PFAS values in the area where claimants live are abnormally high. This increase, and therefore the nuisance, is attributable to 3M as it has been determined that the majority of the PFAS contamination in the province Antwerp comes from 3M”, the judge ruled.
That is why the justice of the peace ordered 3M to pay a provisional – provisional – compensation of 2,000 euros to the family, or 500 euros provisionally per family member.
If further damage (physical damage, depreciation of real estate and air, soil and water pollution) is detected later, this can still increase.
2023-05-15 20:23:00
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