DuPont’s Remaining Teflon Injury Suits Combined for Trial

DuPont Co. failed to convince the court overseeing thousands of suits alleging a toxic Teflon component contaminated drinking water in Ohio and West Virginia that it should continue trying the cases individually.

“The court is of the firm opinion that through the careful and prudent design and implementation of consolidated trials, the legitimate rights of all parties can be safeguarded,” Judge Edmund A. Sargus Jr. wrote May 13 for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

About 40 or 50 cases have been filed since the parties reached a $671 million global settlement covering 3,500 class members ...