DuPont CEO Foresees Settlements in Liability Cases Over PFAS (1)

DuPont is hoping to settle PFAS liability cases that have become a dark cloud over the company, its CEO said Tuesday.

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., also known as DuPont, was the target of about 3,500 personal injury and other liability claims arising from PFAS-contaminated drinking water near its Parkersburg, W.Va., facility. Many of the cases were settled in 2017, leaving a few dozen open in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

“There will be a settlement there, we’ll get those cases in Ohio behind us,” Edward Breen, the company’s chief executive officer, said of ...