Justice Thomas Dissents in Lawsuit Against Chemical Giant DuPont

Published on November 22, 2023

Justice Clarence Thomas dissented from the Supreme Court’s decision this week not to review a $40 million verdict an Ohio man, Travis Abbott, won against DuPont. Mr Abbott said toxic “forever chemicals” the company released into the water supply gave him cancer. Justice Thomas wrote in a dissenting opinion on Nov. 20 that not taking the case could have repercussions “in potentially thousands of cases” and could interfere with the defendants’ Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial. The Court denied the petition for certiorari, or review, in E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. v. Abbott (court file 23-13), in an unsigned order....

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