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Recent News About Dupont
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Car painter sues 18 companies for contracting Parkinson's disease
CHARLESTON — A man is suing 18 companies for causing him to contract Parkinson's disease. -
DuPont, Chemours, Corteva agree to split expected $4 billion PFAS settlement costs
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - DuPont has agreed to split an expected $4 billion litigation bill over the environmentally pervasive chemical PFAS with Chemours and Corteva, former business units that DuPont spun out in 2015 and 2019. -
Class action lawsuit filed days after chemical plant explosion rocked Kanawha Valley
CHARLESTON – A class-action lawsuit has been filed related to Tuesday’s explosion at a Kanawha Valley chemical plant that left one man dead, others injured and an entire area rocked by the blast. -
Senate Democrats push link between coronavirus and favored political cause
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Democrats in the U.S. Senate are attempting to link one of their pet projects to the COVID-19 pandemic in the days leading to a vote on a liability-expanding measure they tried to force through last year and failed. -
Capito pushing EPA to set maximum contaminant level for PFAS in water
WASHINGTON – Congress again is pushing the Environmental Protection Agency to set a maximum contaminant level for PFAS. -
W.Va. lawmakers introduce bills that would monitor, regulate use of PFAS in state
CHARLESTON – Democratic lawmakers have introduced legislation that would require companies that recently have used PFAS to monitor the discharge of those chemicals into water sources. -
Attorney: PFAS research provided by DuPont settlement is 'really lousy'
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) – Chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been in the headlines a lot lately, from congressional hearings to a new film starring Mark Ruffalo that follows the class action lawsuit against DuPont in the Parkersburg area. -
Are we the only ones who can still be ridiculed?
Hoosiers, hillbillies, rednecks, and crackers – we’ve all been treated with contempt by our self-proclaimed superiors, and we’ve had enough. They think they’re so smart and we’re so dumb, but they overestimate themselves and underestimate us. -
Delegates angered by West Virginia 'hillybilly' stereotypes in 'Dark Waters' movie
CHARLESTON – Some members of the West Virginia House of Delegates are upset by some stereotypical depictions of the Mountain State in a new film triggered by the leaking of alleged cancer-causing chemicals in Wood County. Those stereotypes include one image of a young girl on a bicycle with “blackened, rotting teeth.” -
Moviegoers pay to be propagandized
We weren’t there for the pitch for "Dark Waters," but we do recognize a cheesy, fast-buck formula when we see one. -
DuPont says 'Dark Waters' film doesn't tell full story of PFAS, litigation
PARKERSBURG – DuPont executives say a new movie doesn’t accurately tell the full story about the chemicals that allegedly leaked into waterways around Parkersburg from one of its plants. -
Man alleges benzene exposure from CRC Industries products caused cancer
CHARLESTON – A Washington, West Virginia man is suing CRC Industries for injuries allegedly sustained from exposure to dangerous chemicals during his career. -
Is Congress' rush to regulate PFAS part of 'hysteria' fed by plaintiffs lawyers?
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – They have a catchy, sinister-sounding nickname and have caught the attention of lawyers and politicians. But what these “forever chemicals” don’t have is a known toxicity level. -
Capito sponsors another bill to regulate widely used industrial PFAS chemicals
West Virginia Republican Senator Shelley Moore Capito has sponsored three bills in recent months would regulate the use of widely used industrial chemicals known as PFAS. -
'Easy grandstanding': Congress backs trial lawyers' effort to condemn chemicals, win lawsuits while science debated
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – As Congress vilifies chemicals known as PFAS, some question whether the research upon which lawmakers – and trial lawyers – are relying shows that anyone has actually been harmed by them. -
Town of Belle accuses business owners of ordinance violation
CHARLESTON — A Kanawha County town is suing an auto detailing shop, alleging failure to pay business and occupation taxes. -
DuPont sues Kathy Brown Law, Brown Houston over conflict of interest allegations
CHARLESTON — DuPont has filed a lawsuit against Brown Houston regarding information disclosed to one of its former attorneys who now works for the firm. -
Another dancer says Southern Xposure didn't pay her properly
HUNTINGTON – An exotic dancer has filed a potential class action against the Southern Xposure chain of strip clubs, claiming the business violated state wage laws. -
Ohio Attorney General sues DuPont for alleged Ohio River contamination
MARIETTA, Ohio – Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine filed a lawsuit against DuPont for allegedly releasing toxic chemicals into the Ohio River for many years. -
Another lawsuit filed against DuPont for warehouse fire
CHARLESTON – Another lawsuit has been filed against DuPont for a warehouse fire that occurred in October and caused damages.