The nationwide “forever chemicals” litigation playing out at the Four Corners of Law in downtown Charleston has suddenly picked up speed.

Perhaps too much, too fast.

The pace of newly filed lawsuits has shifted into overdrive in recent weeks, prompting the South Carolina judge who’s been steering the swollen docket to slam on the brakes.

The influx has accelerated from a manageable weekly trickle to a daily torrent.

The Lawsuit Information Center , which provides updates about the litigation and is published by a Baltimore personal-injury law firm, said it was an open secret that “thousands” of unfiled claims were lurking in the shadows.

“We did not know it would be this many,” the site noted in the latest post last week.

The legal web page overseen by Miller & Zois reported that a

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