C8-related cases moved to U.S. District Court in Ohio

DuPont moved to vacate an order from the panel to include the cases in the litigation, of which the company reached a settlement for over $600 million last year, and as a result, preventing any benefit “from further transfer of tag-along actions,” the order from Sarah S. Vance, chairman of the panel, said.

“We are not persuaded by this argument,” the order said. “Following the settlement, at least 17 related actions have been filed in the transferee court. These actions, like the five actions at issue here, are personal injury or wrongful death actions arising out of plaintiffs’ alleged ingestion of drinking water contaminated with a chemical (C-8)…discharged from DuPont’s Washington Works Plant near Parkersburg, W.Va.”