Judge schedules 40 trials a year to settle 3,550 DuPoint lawsuits
DuPont Co. will face 40 trials a year starting April 2017 involving plaintiffs who say they developed cancer from a toxic chemical used to make Teflon that leaked from one of the company’s plants in West Virginia, Reuters reported. The schedule was laid out by a federal judge in Ohio and is aimed at pushing parties closer to resolving more than 3,550 lawsuits. The outcome could have a material impact on Chemours Co. because liability for litigation connected with the chemical was passed on to the firm when it was spun off by DuPont in 2015.
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