Ohio MDL Court: Expert Can’t Say C-8 Exposure Isn’t Linked to Kidney Cancer; Trial Underway

CLEVELAND –– An Ohio federal court overseeing the coordinated C-8 exposure personal injury coordinated docket has granted in part a motion to preclude the testimony of a defense expert, saying there was no factual dispute.

In the Sept. 14 order, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio said that the expert cannot testify that C-8 exposure has not been found to cause kidney cancer.

The underlying litigation involving alleged C-8 exposure originated in 2001, when a class action lawsuit was filed in West Virginia state court. [Leach v. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., No. …