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Tuesday, May 17, 2022
The Supreme Court should deny a petition from Monsanto seeking review of an appeals court decision that upheld a $25 million verdict against the company for failing to adequately warn a consumer about the health risks of Roundup exposure.
The nation’s pesticide law does not preempt state-law claims such as those that have resulted in multimillion-dollar judgments against Monsanto for Roundup exposure, the nation’s top lawyer said in a brief urging the Supreme Court not to grant the company's request to reconsider a lower court ruling.
Bayer has filed a petition with the Supreme Court requesting the review of a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that upheld a $25 million award to a California man who alleges exposure to Roundup caused his Non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
A federal appeals court has upheld $25 million in damages awarded to a California man who contracted non-Hodgkin lymphoma after decades of exposure to Roundup.
Monsanto is receiving help fighting a multimillion-dollar verdict awarded for exposure to its flagship herbicide, Roundup, from an unusual source: the federal government.
Despite some harsh words describing Monsanto’s conduct, a federal judge said last week he plans to reduce an $80 million award to a California man who claimed exposure to Roundup caused his non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
A six-person jury has awarded a California man more than $80 million after finding Monsanto liable in the first federal trial over whether Roundup causes cancer.
A federal jury in San Francisco concluded Tuesday that exposure to Roundup was a “substantial factor” in causing a Santa Rosa man’s non-Hodgkin lymphoma, triggering a second phase of the trial to determine Monsanto’s liability.
