Legal Opinion
In re E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. C-8 Personal Injury Litig.
District Court, S.D. Ohio
Decided May 20, 2015No. Civil Action 2:13-md-2433PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDMUND A. SARGUS, JR., CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Choice of Law
In this case, the parties dispute which state law applies to their claims. The plant *1024that discharged the water contaminated with ammonium perfluorooctanoate ("C-8") is in West Virginia. Some of the plaintiffs reside in Ohio and some in West Virginia. Additionally, some of the plaintiffs have filed suit in the state in which they do not reside.
The issue of which state law will be applied to the individual plaintiffs' claims that make up this MDL was initially brought before the Court in Plaintiffs' First Motion for Summary…
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