An Ohio jury ruled against DuPont Co. (DD) in a case over C-8, a chemical used to make Teflon, according to reports from the Columbus Dispatch and Bloomberg News.

In a "bellwether" case, the jury found that the chemical caused an Ohio man's testicular cancer, and awarded him $5.1 million in actual damages, the reports said.

DuPont spinoff Chemours Co. (CC) has agreed to cover damages in DuPont's C-8 cases, Bloomberg reported.

Chemours shares recently traded down 20% to $6.11.

DuPont previously agreed to phase out C-8. Chemours has said that DuPont "acted reasonably and responsibly" and said Chemours would "vigorously defend against" C-8 lawsuits.

Full story at http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/07/06/DuPont-C8-litigation.html and http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-06/dupont-loses-third-case-over-teflon-toxin-chemours-to-pay

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