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In re: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company C-8 Personal Injury Litigation

  1. November 07, 2016

    Disease Fear Claim Cut From DuPont Cancer Trial

    The first nonbellwether plaintiff in multidistrict litigation alleging DuPont contaminated drinking water saw his claim for mental anxiety damages nixed Monday, with a judge saying the testicular cancer patient cannot bring claims he suffered from anxiety of developing possibly linked diseases.

  2. October 31, 2016

    DuPont Can't Use Tort Reform Law In Trial, Judge Told

    A testicular cancer plaintiff in multidistrict litigation alleging a DuPont contaminated drinking water urged an Ohio federal judge Monday not to apply the Ohio Tort Reform Act to his upcoming trial, saying his claims accrued before the law took effect.

  3. October 25, 2016

    DuPont Challenges Claims Ahead Of Cancer Trial In C8 MDL

    DuPont asked for quick wins Monday in a suit included in multidistrict litigation over the company's alleged dumping of the chemical C8, saying the plaintiff doesn't show he has "cancerphobia" after his long-ago testicular cancer diagnosis and can't even prove that his disease was specifically caused by exposure to contaminated drinking water.

  4. October 18, 2016

    DuPont To Face Ten C8 Trials In 90 Days

    An Ohio federal judge has made good on a promise to set a quick succession of trials over DuPont's dumping of the chemical C8, revealing a trial calendar Tuesday that includes 10 trials next year beginning within 90 days of each other in four different cities.

  5. October 11, 2016

    DuPont Wants To Split 1st Trial After C8 Chemical Bellwethers

    DuPont asked an Ohio federal judge on Monday to bifurcate a trial over water contamination set to start in November, saying a jury's consideration of punitive damages regarding a man's testicular cancer allegedly caused by the company's dumping should be separated from its consideration of compensatory damages.

  6. October 07, 2016

    DuPont Must Share Docs, Ducks Sanctions In Pollution MDL

    An Ohio federal judge held Friday that DuPont must turn over certain documents, including information related to a Dutch pollution investigation, in multidistrict litigation accusing the chemical giant of contaminating drinking water, but declined to sanction the company for failing to cough up the potential evidence earlier.

  7. September 26, 2016

    DuPont Should Be Sanctioned Over Dutch Docs, Judge Told

    Plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation alleging DuPont Co. contaminated their drinking water urged an Ohio federal judge Monday to sanction the chemical giant and force it to turn over documents related to a Dutch pollution investigation, saying the company made "baseless" arguments to keep the potential evidence out of court.

  8. September 20, 2016

    DuPont Fights To Undo $5.6M Chemical Cancer Verdict

    DuPont pressed an Ohio federal judge Monday to undo a $5.6 million jury award to a cancer survivor who claimed the company's dumping of a Teflon component into the air and water near a West Virginia plant caused his illness, calling the July verdict excessive and unjustifiable.

  9. September 16, 2016

    DuPont Looks To End PFOA Plaintiff's Cholesterol Claims

    ​DuPont sought summary judgment Friday in the first of a group of trials in multidistrict litigation over the company's dumping of the chemical perfluorooctanoic acid into the Ohio River from a West Virginia factory, saying the water contamination wasn't linked to a man's elevated cholesterol.

  10. August 31, 2016

    DuPont Can't Decelerate 'Group Of 40' Cancer Trials

    An Ohio federal judge said Tuesday he would not reconsider fast-tracking to trial two more cases in multidistrict litigation stemming from DuPont’s alleged dumping of toxic Teflon chemicals, rejecting the company's argument that lack of preparation time would prejudice DuPont.

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