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Jurors in an upcoming trial in the case of a man who said he suffered chronic pain and other injuries from hernia repair mesh made by Becton, Dickinson and Co's C.R. Bard Inc unit will not be allowed to hear about a 2011 fire in one of the company's factories, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Edmund Sargus in Columbus, Ohio said in a written order Monday that the mesh used in plaintiff Aaron Stinson's surgery did not come from the Puerto Rican factory, and in any cas...

In response to the presiding Judge’s request that the parties in the PFAS AFFF multi district litigation choose the order, the parties submitted a letter to Judge Richard Gergel that the case of Stuart v. 3M will be first. The PFAS AFFF MDL has over 2,500 cases.

For another five years but no bio faces more than eleven thousand lawsuits involving round up in the us alone. and that report was by dick williams sciences joins me here welcome and derek how significant is this ruling by the california court would twice significant because its what they would call a bellwether trial its one its one thats going to set precedents this is the this is the second trial where the plaintiff has come out ahead of monsanto and in terms of in terms of what the decision ...

As directed but with share prices sliding almost forty percent since the acquisition the purchase came at a higher than expected cost it isnt hard we know today that because of the american securities laws by a couldnt look into the charges against monsantos or into its books it was buying a black box and the risk in buying an unknown entity is being shown right now is really as you say he has got it hundreds of studies have shown that the active ingredient in roundup lifeless eight is safe whil...

Second trial where the plaintiff has come out ahead of monsanto and terms of in terms of what the decision was and its not likely that monsanto or that buyer is going to in the long run end up having to pay all of it theyre going to appeal of course but and judges do have a way of of cutting off cutting down the amount of damages but it does set a precedent as a bellwether trial for possibly thousands of other plaintiffs to come now come forward and say hey this happened to me too and this contr...