DuPont: C8 Lawsuit Should Be Dismissed For Plaintiff’s Lack Of Causation

Mealey's (October 26, 2016, 1:49 PM EDT) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. on Oct. 24 filed a brief in Ohio federal court, arguing that one of the cases included in the multidistrict litigation regarding alleged injuries from exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid (known as C8) should be dismissed because the plaintiff cannot establish that C8 from DuPont’s Washington Works facility was the proximate and specific cause of his testicular cancer (In re E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. C8 Personal Injury Litigation, MDL No. 2433, No. 13-2433, S.D. Ohio)....