CHARLESTON — A couple is suing E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company alleging contamination of their drinking water.
Jeffrey Cooper and Ashley Cooper live in Wood County and claim they sustained bodily injury and property damage arising from intentional, knowing, reckless and negligent acts related to the contamination of drinking water supplies in Wood County, according to a complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
The defendants collectively owned and operated the "Washington Works Plant," with the plaintiffs contending injuries due to negligent, improper and unlawful conduct in plant ownership and operation.
Jeffrey Cooper and Ashley Cooper claim they suffered damages, including the loss of support and companionship, as a result of the defendants' actions.
The lawsuit contends that since the 1950s, DuPont has used materials at the plant that degrade into perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA or C-8), according to the suit.
Negligent and intentional actions by Defendants allegedly led to the discharge of C-8 into the environment, causing contamination of human drinking water supplies, according to the suit.
Jeffrey Cooper and Ashely Cooper are seeking compensatory and punitive damages. They are represented by Matthew Clark and Brad Layne of Kayser Layne & Clark in Point Pleasant; and Jon C. Conlin, F. Jerome Tapley, Mitchell Theodore and Brett Thompson of Cory Watson in Birmingham, Ala.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia case number: 2:23-cv-00678
