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The Supreme Court could soon decide whether to hear a legal battle that has the potential to upend a victory by a California landowner against Monsanto.

Court upholds $25.2 million in damages in Roundup herbicide cancer case FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 Containers of Roundup on a store shelf in San Francisco.Haven Daley/Associated PressShow MoreShow Less 2of2 Edwin Hardeman is joined his attorneys Jennifer Moore, left, and Aimee Wagstaff, as they discuss the jury’s decision against Monsanto in Hardeman’s lawsuit in 2019.Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less A federal appeals court upheld $25.2 million in damages Friday for a Ba...

Bayer-owned Monsanto must now decide whether it wants the Supreme Court to weigh in on the legitimacy of a $25 million jury verdict. Dewayne Johnson claims Monsanto has known for decades that Roundup is carcinogenic but didn’t disclose it for fear of disrupting its multi-billion dollar global business. SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A Ninth Circuit panel upheld a federal jury verdict finding the popular weed killer Roundup caused a Bay Area man’s lymphoma, rejecting manufacturer Monsanto’s argume...

pixabay BELLEVILLE — A former crop duster is suing Chevron and others alleging his exposure to the herbicide paraquat led to his Parkinsons disease.  Michael Kearns and Jean Kearns filed a complaint Dec. 21 in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against Syngenta Crop Protection LLC, Syngenta AG, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP, Chevron U.S.A., Inc., and Growmark Inc., alleging strict product liability, negligence, violation of the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Decep...

Be concrete in some places and some places it will be see through. it will be 18 to 30 feet high. and he made the point that if you dont have a border, if you dont have a wall, you basically dont have a country. california sees it very differently, david. >> yeah, we do see it differently. not me personally, but our leaders see it differently. you know, this has become out-of-control situation, martha. these -- the governor and the various mayors are engaging in crimes, not just civil offenses b...

State to push against a federal government when they are being overbearing and they are pretty much interfering in the states right to protect it own residents. i think thats the main issue. >> martha: the wall is designed to keep people out, essentially. to keep illegals out from entering california. you know, and when you look at the statistics in terms of the numbers of people who are on federal assistance who are illegals in the state of california, one set of numbers said you could basicall...

We will continue obviously to put as much focus on this as we can because we need to find the person that did this. this picture we are showing now is spectacular. im sure you are all grieving, obviously. and we thank you for being with us tonight, mr. dick, and good luck with all the other children that you have in your care. thank you so much, sir. >> thank you. >> martha: you bet. so coming up, the major announcement today about the future of the parkland school shooter nikolas cruz and presi...

Are the teachers unions in a panic right now? >> i think theyre angry. this is one of the worst choices ever. >> why? >> what shes done to michigans school system is horrific. shes put so much money into the charter schools and taken away from the public schools which is every teachers biggest fear. were trained to be public schoolteachers and we know the rules. the charter schools are unregulated, you dont know whats going on and they rank poorly. so giving more money to poorly functioning scho...

Christians, whats wrong with that? i like the idea that the choice is a primary issue. >> lets transition. yet another fight lawmakers are gearing up for as we know is obamacare. fox news is confirming that on wednesday president obama will work with congressional demeanors to safe his signature piece of legislation from republican efforts to kill it. k cathy what does that look like? >> hes going to make sure that his legacy does not go down without defense. hes going to try to convince the sen...

Developing tonight, growing debate over president-elect trumps pick of betsy devos to serve as the education secretary. watch. >> there is a consensus in this country that she doesnt want public schools and shes fought against them in michigan and the charter schools in michigan and the public schools in michigan are doing poorly. >> but one conservative making the case for devos says opposition proves why shes an inspired choice. former reagan secretary write an op-ed, quote, by nominating a ch...