DuPont: $50M C8 Injury Award Should Not Stand; Mistrial Should Be Declared

Mealey's (March 3, 2020, 5:44 PM EST) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. on March 3 moved for a mistrial based on “undue coercion of the jury” after a federal jury in Ohio awarded cancer victims a combined $50 million for injuries caused by exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid (known as C8) (In re:  E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. C8 Personal Injury Litigation [Travis Abbott, et al. v. E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company], MDL No. 2433, No. 17-998, S.D. Ohio)....

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