Judge: Groundwater Claims Against DuPont By Cape Fear Residents Are Valid

Mealey's (April 23, 2019, 2:21 PM EDT) -- WILMINGTON, N.C. — A federal judge in North Carolina on April 19 partially granted and partially denied E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.’s motion to dismiss a groundwater contamination lawsuit, ruling that residents have plausible allegations for private nuisance, injury and the failure to act “reasonably” related to the company’s discharge of chemicals into the environment (Victoria Carey, et al. v. E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Company, et al., No. 17-201, E.D. N.C.)....