Highlighting an area of unsettled law in North Carolina toxic tort litigation, a federal district court in the Eleventh Circuit held that the pre-2014 North Carolina statute of repose contained no exception for latent...more
In a case that may make it easier to prove causation in Maryland lead paint cases, the Maryland Court of Appeals held that neither direct evidence of the source of lead nor expert testimony was necessary when a trier of fact...more
In another development in the ongoing ammonium perfluorooctanoate (“C-8”) multidistrict litigation, a federal trial court in Ohio upheld an October 2015 jury verdict against E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. (“DuPont”). ...more
An Ohio federal district court gave E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co. a partial victory in litigation over ammonium perfluorooctanoate (“C-8”) drinking water contamination in Ohio and West Virginia by granting partial summary...more
8/5/2015
/ Abnormally Dangerous Activities ,
Battery ,
Chemical Spills ,
Civil Conspiracy ,
Contamination ,
Drinking Water ,
DuPont ,
Manufacturers ,
Multidistrict Litigation ,
Negligence Per Se ,
Pain and Suffering ,
Private Right of Action ,
Summary Judgment ,
Trespass ,
Wrongful Death