Page 14 - Edwin Hardeman News Today

Bayer in August filed a petition with the Supreme Court to reverse a lower court decision that upheld $25 million in damages awarded to California resident Edwin Hardeman, a Roundup user who blamed his cancer on the German pharmaceutical and chemical giant's glyphosate-based weedkillers. The Supreme Court's decision on whether to take up the matter is being closely watched as Bayer maneuvers to limit its legal liability in thousands of cases.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked the federal government to weigh in on whether the justices should grant Monsanto's petition to review a jury's $25 million award over claims that the weedkiller Roundup causes cancer.

By Lawrence Hurley and Ludwig Burger

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked President Joe Bidens administration for its views on whether the justices should hear Bayer AGs bid to dismiss claims by customers who contend its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, as the company seeks to avoid potentially billions of d...

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.

Monsanto tells the Supreme Court that a $25.2 million damage verdict for a cancer patient...

Many migrant farmworkers fear seeking justice due to their undocumented status and lack of legal resources.

The Ninth Circuit affirmed a Roundup herbicide judgment on Friday in favor of the plaintiff, Edwin Hardeman, in a bellwether trial lawsuit. The panel held

Seven legal and trade groups urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to take up Bayer AG's appeal of a Ninth Circuit ruling that awarded $25 million over claims that its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, arguing that the appellate court allows unreliable experts.

Bayer announced Friday that it does not plan to appeal the $20.6 million verdict in the first lawsuit alleging that Roundup, which is produced by Bayer