( March 17, 2026, 11:30 AM EDT) -- NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A federal magistrate judge in Connecticut has for a second time refused to recuse himself from involvement in an injury lawsuit related to exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substancesXE "per- and polyfluoroalkyl
substances"(PFAS) brought by firefighters against the makers of PFAS. In an order that was posted as a note to the docket, the magistrate judge said, “I have concluded that the issues raised by the plaintiffs do not create a situation in which my ‘impartiality might reasonably be questioned.’”...