Jury Awards $4.3 Million Class Action Verdict to Amherst Homeowners in PFOA Case
Kevin Hannon, Partner at Singleton Schreiber, was featured by New Hampshire Union Leader in an article titled “Jury Awards $4.3 Million Class Action Verdict to Amherst Homeowners in PFOA Case,” published on November 13, 2026.
The article reports that Hannon represented a class of more than 200 Amherst residential homeowners at trial, alongside attorneys from Morgan & Morgan and Gottesman & Hollis, P.A. The homeowners’ private wells and properties were contaminated by perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a “forever chemical.”
The case was tried in Hillsborough County Superior Court’s Northern District in New Hampshire. The jury found Textiles Coated Inc. (TCI) liable for negligence, negligent failure to warn, trespass, and nuisance over PFOA released from its former Amherst manufacturing plant, which operated from approximately 1985 to 2006. The homeowners filed the class action in 2017, and the case went to trial after the New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled in May 2025 that the property damage claims could proceed. The jury awarded damages for the lost value of the class members’ properties. Separate proceedings on noneconomic damages will follow.
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Amherst property owners have spent nearly a decade dealing with the consequences of contamination they never asked for, including the impact on the value of their homes. This verdict recognizes the economic harm these property owners have experienced and sends an important message that companies must be held accountable when their conduct affects an entire community.
KEVIN HANNON, PARTNER
