ApocaDocs: Teflon lawsuit against DuPont dismissed

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Posted Wed May 13 2009: from Associated Press:


	Teflon lawsuit against DuPont dismissed http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1242240981 A lawsuit against DuPont Co. claiming its nonstick Teflon cookware coating could pose health risks to users has been dropped. The lawsuit included 22 cases from about 15 states. All had been consolidated to be heard in U.S. District Court in Des Moines, Iowa. The lawsuit has been in the courts for four years. U.S. District Court Judge Ronald Longstaff signed a dismissal order on May 1. The case was dropped because if failed to convince the court it deserved class-action status.

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'Doc Michael says:

So you're saying ... the Teflon suit... didn't stick?