Several Groups File Briefs in Support of DuPont in C-8 Appeal Pending in U.S. Supreme Court

WASHINGTON, D.C. –– A number of groups have filed amici briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting DuPont’s appeal of an order affirming a $40 verdict entered in a C-8 water contamination case, insisting that the 6th Circuit’s affirmation of the judgment “ripped the guardrails off offensive collateral estoppel that the [U.S. Supreme Court] placed around mass-tort litigation.”

Among those filing briefs on Aug. 4 were the Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., DRI Center for Law and Public Policy and Lawyers for Civil Justice, The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, The American Tort Reform Association, The …