( October 30, 2025, 10:45 AM EDT) -- RALEIGH, N.C. — A divided North Carolina Supreme Court on Oct. 29 granted a stay to E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. and its affiliates in a lawsuit brought by the North Carolina attorney general related to contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
XE "per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances" (PFAS). The majority did not elaborate on its decision, but in a dissent, Justice Anita Earls wrote that “DuPont’s own dilatory conduct undermines that such an immediate temporary stay is necessary.”...