DuPont C8 Environmental
Chemours Throws DuPont Under the Bus In Court Filings
July 3rd, 2019 | Environmental
The tangled DuPont PFAS web continues to unravel, and it appears that the company just has not learned their lesson. A recent article by North Carolina Policy Watch reveals: “DuPont could have permanently stopped discharging perfluorinated compounds – PFAS – from its Fayetteville (NC) Works plant into the Cape Fear River nine years ago, but […]Read More
DuPont C-8 “The Devil We Know” Documentary Now Streaming on Netflix
January 23rd, 2019 | Environmental
A new documentary available for streaming on Netflix, “The Devil We Know,” is a terrifying and eye-opening look into one of Cory Watson Attorney’s recent success stories – the DuPont C-8 litigation. Cory Watson Attorneys took a leading role in the C-8 litigation involving chemicals that DuPont used in Teflon production. Cory Watson Principal Jon […]Read More
DuPont Agrees to $670 Million Settlement to Resolve C-8 Claims
February 22nd, 2017 | Dupont c8
In a settlement announced last week, DuPont and Chemours Co. have agreed to pay $670.7 million to settle over 3,500 lawsuits. The plaintiffs claim they were injured by exposure to the chemical C-8, which has been linked to the following injuries: kidney cancer, testicular cancer, ulcerative colitis, thyroid disease, pregnancy-induced hypertension, and high cholesterol. BRIEF […]Read More
Jury Returns Punitive Damages Verdict of $10.5 Million Against DuPont
January 6th, 2017 | Environmental
On Wednesday, the jury which in December awarded $2 million in compensatory damages to Mr. Kenneth Vigneron heard arguments by Vigneron’s attorneys about why E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company should be punished further for its decades of knowingly releasing the chemical C8 into the Ohio River. The jury had previously determined that DuPont […]Read More
Jury Delivers $2 Million Verdict in Cancer Case Against DuPont
December 21st, 2016 | Environmental
An Ohio jury has ordered DuPont to pay Kenneth Vigneron $2 million dollars plus punitive damages after Vigneron contracted testicular cancer linked to water contaminated by a DuPont plant that manufactured Teflon. Cory Watson attorney Nina Towle Herring serves on the legal team representing the man who held DuPont accountable for the water contamination that […]Read More
Testimony Shows DuPont Lied to Community About C-8 Link to Cancer
June 28th, 2016 | Environmental
A former DuPont employee, Dawn D. Jackson, thought she was telling the truth about C8 to her Ohio River Valley neighbors in 2000. Jackson was told by her employer that the chemical used to make Teflon was not a cancer risk to humans and that it was just as safe as “Dishwashing Soap.” This information, […]Read More
DuPont Ordered to Pay $1.6 Million in First C8 Contamination Case Settlement
October 8th, 2015 | Environmental
A federal jury in Ohio returned a verdict on October 7 in a lawsuit against the DuPont Company, finding DuPont responsible for leaking the toxic chemical, C8, into the water supply around its West Virginia plant. DuPont will have to pay $1.6 million to Carla Bartlett for negligence and emotional distress, stemming from the kidney […]Read More
DuPont Contamination Verdict Nullified
July 2nd, 2015 | Environmental
A Louisiana federal judge recently nullified a verdict in favor of DuPont Co. because the worldwide chemical giant withheld evidence. The suit stems from whistleblower claims in a False Claims Act suit that DuPont Co. did not tell federal regulators about certain leaks of cancer causing chemicals at of one of its plants. In her […]Read More
