DuPont:  Consolidation Of C8 Cancer Cases For Trial Is ‘Unfairly Prejudicial’

(November 27, 2019, 2:24 PM EST) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. on Nov. 15 filed a brief in Ohio federal court objecting to the consolidation of two cases from the multidistrict litigation related to perfluorooctanoic acid (known as C8), which the court has combined for trial purposes.  DuPont argues that the consolidation will “create significant risk that the jury’s verdict will be based not on the merits of the individual cases but rather on cumulative, unfair prejudice and confusion” (In re: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. C8 Personal Injury Litigation, MDL No. 2433, No. 13-2433, S.D. Ohio)....