Jurors say DuPont acted with malice, award $5M to ill man
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Jurors in an Ohio federal court say DuPont acted with malice by dumping chemical-tainted water from its West Virginia plant into the Ohio River.
The same jury on Wednesday said a chemical used by DuPont at the plant caused a man to get cancer and awarded him $5.1 million in compensatory damages.
Jurors will begin deciding Thursday the amount of punitive damages to be handed out.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A message seeking comment was left with DuPont.
There are 3,500 lawsuits alleging a link between illnesses and the Wilmington, Delaware-based chemical company's discharging of the chemical into the river.
The Washington County man says he got testicular cancer because of C8 used to make Teflon.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}DuPont maintains there were only small amounts of C8 in drinking water and not enough to be harmful.