Jury Awards $10.5M In Punitive Damages To Man Injured By C8 From DuPont Plant

(January 5, 2017, 1:08 PM EST) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — A jury in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on Jan. 5 awarded a man $10.5 million in punitive damages plus attorney fees against E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. for cancer he said he had developed as a result of exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid (known as C8) (In re E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. C8 Personal Injury Litigation, MDL No. 2433, No. 13-2433, S.D. Ohio)....

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