Judge: DuPont Fails To Show 'Good Cause' For Mental Exam Of C8 Plaintiff

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal judge in Ohio on July 30 denied E.I. DuPont de Nemours& Co.'s motion to reconsider a previous discovery order that denied DuPont's request to subject a plaintiff in the multidistrict litigation related to perfluorooctanoic acid (known as C8) to a mental examination. The judge said DuPont failed to show "good cause" for the examination in question (In re: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. C8 Personal Injury Litigation, MDL No. 2433, No. 13-2433, S.D. Ohio, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 128174).
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