C-8 MDL Court Stays Post-Trial Filings in $12.5 Million Verdict in Light of Global Settlement

CINCINNATI –– The court overseeing the national coordinated docket for personal injury claims arising from alleged exposure to C-8 has granted a motion to stay filed in a case that recently ended in a $12.5 million verdict, a stay which DuPont sought in light of the recently reached global settlement.

In a Feb. 22 unopposed motion filed with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, DuPont requested a stay in the consideration of its recently filed motion for judgment as a matter of law, saying it is “fully committed to finalizing the global settlement and therefore there …