(April 15, 2016, 11:17 AM EDT) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — E.I. du Pont De Nemours and Co., which is being sued in Ohio federal court by residents who allege that they have been injured as a result of exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid (known as C8), on April 13 filed a brief arguing that in the next trial to be held as part of the multidistrict litigation, the district court should bifurcate the damages phases of the trial (In re E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. C-8 Personal Injury Litigation, MDL No. 2433, No. 13-2433, S.D. Ohio)....