U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
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Company's suit against Dutch Miller over allegedly substandard van work transferred to Charleston court
CHARLESTON – A lawsuit originally filed in an Ohio court against Dutch Miller has been transferred to a federal court in Charleston. -
U.S. government declines to intervene in whistleblower lawsuit against Mylan Pharmaceuticals
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) – In a notice written to the U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio, Western Division on Sept. 6, the U.S. government declined the option to intervene in a False Claims Act lawsuit filed on its behalf. -
Medical screening program underway in DuPont case, informational meetings planned
PARKERSBURG – Chemical giant DuPont and spin-off company Chemours are in the process of paying out $670 million to 3,500 claimants in Ohio and West Virginia who contended in lawsuits their health was jeopardized from a spill of toxic chemicals used to make Teflon from a plant near Parkersburg more than a decade ago. -
Federal government and coal giant Murray Energy look to settle legal dispute
ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio – Settlement negotiations are underway between an Ohio-based coal company and the federal government. -
Companies agree to $670 million settlement of C8 cases
PARKERSBURG – DuPont Co. has agreed to a $670.7 million settlement that with mid-Ohio Valley residents regarding C8 exposure from the company’s Parkersburg plant. -
Jury tacks on $500K in punitives to $5.1M DuPont C-8 verdict
COLUMBUS – A federal jury has awarded a college professor $500,000 in punitive damages on top of $5.1 million in compensatory damages awarded earlier this week in the second DuPont C-8 bellwether trial. -
Jury awards $5.1M in second DuPont C-8 bellwether trial
COLUMBUS – A federal jury has awarded a college professor $5.1 million in the second DuPont C-8 bellwether trial. -
C8 trials pushed back to avoid holiday issues
PARKERSBURG – The next four trials in C8 litigation have been pushed back, so the second trial would not interfere with the holiday season. The second trial was supposed to begin on Nov. 30, but, as the first trial lasted longer than planned, if the second also lasted as long, it would interfere with the Christmas season. Kathy Brown of Kathy Brown Law said the second trial will now start on March 21. -
Federal jury awards $1.6M to Ohio woman in DuPont C8 lawsuit
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A seven-member federal jury awarded $1.6 million to an Ohio woman who developed kidney cancer and claimed it was after drinking water contaminated with C8. The jury found Oct. 7 that Carla Marie Bartlett's kidney cancer was contracted after being exposed to C8 discharged by DuPont's Washington Works facility in Parkersburg into the Ohio River and her drinking water. The jury awarded Bartlett $1.1 million in damages due to DuPont's negligence, and $500,000 for emotional distres -
Judge denies DuPont testimony, expert motions
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A federal judge, for the most part, denied motions by DuPont asking the court to exclude certain testimony and experts in an ongoing mass tort against the chemical company by Mid-Ohio Valley residents who were exposed to C8 in their drinking water. Judge Edmund A. -
Federal judge denies two motions filed in DuPont MDL
CHARLESTON – An Ohio federal judge has filed two orders denying DuPont's motion for summary judgment and its proposed causation experts. District Judge Edmund A. -
DuPont partially granted summary judgment in C-8 contamination lawsuit
PARKERSBURG - DuPont was granted partial summary judgment in a 2013 lawsuit against it involving C-8 contamination. While it was granted partial summary judgment, DuPont still was denied summary judgment as it related to the conscious pain and suffering claims by two individuals; as it related to the battery claims of eight individuals; and as it related to conspiracy claims by three individuals. "Our main takeaway here is that, once again, DuPont has attempted to escape its obligations to mid -
Case alleges McHugh Fuller ‘encouraging’ lawsuits through ads
CINCINNATI – An Ohio federal judge last week sent a lawsuit filed by a Portsmouth-based nursing home facility against Mississippi law firm McHugh Fuller Law Group back to a state court. -
Ohio man alleges ulcerative colitis caused by DuPont's Wood Co. plant
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Three C8 personal injury lawsuits filed
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Four new lawsuits allege injury from DuPont's Wood Co. plant
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MDL created for contamination claims over DuPont's Wood Co. plant
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PERSONNEL FILE: Foster Bird named 'Best of the Year' in Railroad Law
Foster Bird HUNTINGTON -– Best Lawyers, a legal peer-review publication, has named Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough partner Melissa Foster Bird as the 2013 Best Lawyer of the Year in Charleston Railroad Law.
