His litigation efforts yielded more than $671 million dollars in damages for approximately 3,500 people. DuPont also settled with the EPA, agreeing to pay a mere $16.5 million fine for failure to disclose their findings about C8, a toxin that is now estimated to be present in 98 percent of the world's population.Jul 12, 2021
Bilott serves on the board of directors for Less Cancer, the board of trustees for Green Umbrella, and served on the alumni board for New College of Florida from 2018-2021.
It wouldn't surprise anyone that a lawyer dogged as Bilott is continuing the same work. He remains at the same law firm he began at, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, having become a partner back in 1998.Nov 22, 2019
DuPont, Chemours and Corteva Reach $4 Billion Settlement on 'Forever Chemicals' Lawsuits. WASHINGTON – Today DuPont, Chemours and Corteva announced a cost-sharing agreement worth $4 billion to settle lawsuits involving the historic use of the highly toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.Jan 22, 2021
Bilott's health has taken a battering too. A mysterious neurological disorder struck him in 2008. He suffered tremors and a palsy on his right side which turned into violent shaking convulsions up and down the right side of his body.
How accurate is the film's version of events? Both the events of the movie and the characters represented in it are all very closely based on the real story. The film originated from a 2016 New York Times article about the case. Mark Ruffalo read the story and immediately bought the rights for the film.Mar 5, 2020
According to a 2007 study, C8 is in the blood of 99.7% of Americans. It's called a "forever chemical" because it never fully degrades. DuPont had been aware since at least the 1960s that C8 was toxic in animals and since the 1970s that there were high concentrations of it in the blood of its factory workers.Jan 7, 2020
Editor's note: In 1999, Robert Bilott sued E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co, better known as DuPont, on behalf of a West Virginia farmer whose cows were dying.Nov 1, 2019
In February 2017, the company agreed to pay $671 million to settle approximately 3,550 personal injury claims filed in federal court. The Ohio Attorney General lawsuit cites a 2017 study that indicates PFOA concentrations downstream from the DuPont plant in West Virginia were found as far away as 413 miles.Mar 8, 2022
In the first case, a jury ruled that DuPont was responsible for the kidney cancer of a plaintiff and ordered the company to pay $1.6 million in compensatory damages. In the second, a jury found that DuPont acted with malice and ordered the company to pay $5.6 million in punitive damages and compensatory damages.
13, the United States, on behalf of the EPA, and the state of Texas alleged DuPont and PMNA violated hazardous waste, air and water environmental laws at the PMNA Sabine River chemical manufacturing facility in Orange, Texas. The former DuPont facility is now owned and operated by PMNA.Oct 14, 2021
If you or a loved one has been a victim of DuPont C8 / PFOA exposure, you may have grounds to file a lawsuit. Call (888) 492-4303 or complete an online form today to discuss your legal options.Apr 4, 2019
The West Virginia National Guard sent convoys of tankers containing drinking water to Vienna. Rob Bilott, a lawyer at the Cincinnati firm of Taft, Stettinius and Hollister, has demanded that the E.P.A. take action on PFOA since 2001.
Chris Gibson, a Republican congressmen from upstate New York, requested a congressional investigation after high levels of PFOA were found in the drinking water of Hoosick Falls, N.Y. “It’s frustrating to see that it takes this kind of effort to get the agency to move on a chemical like this,” Bilott told me.
At least once a year since then, Bilott has written to the E.P.A. to renew his request. Anyone who wants to understand how seriously the United States government considers its duty to protect the health of its citizens need only review the history of the correspondence between Bilott and the agency.