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The number of cases alleging that Roundup, Monsanto’s former flagship product, causes cancer exceeded 10,000. The second of those cases to receive a verdict, in which the plaintiff was a California school groundskeeper named Edwin Hardeman, was first decided in March of 2019. Monsanto and its parent company, Bayer AG, vowed to appeal, and that appeal does not seem to be going well for the agrochemical giant. The huge crop of lawsuits generally allege that Roundup and its major active component, glyphosate, are responsible for causing cancer when used according to manufacturer instructions. ...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: This week, we take a close look at an appeal from the first jury trial in a flood of litigation alleging that a popular pesticide causes cancer. The Court affirms a jury verdict and damages award in the first major multidistrict litigation trial over Monsanto pesticide Roundup.  Panel: Judges Hawkins, N.R. Smith, and Nelson, with Judge Nelson writing the opinion, and Judge N.R. Smith dissenting.  Key Highlight: “We are aware this appeal involves a bellwether trial with potentially thousands of federal cases to follow. But many o...

A jury in 2019 awarded a Northern California man $5.3 million in compensation for his cancer and punitive damages, which are intended to punish a defendant and deter future misconduct. The jury found that punitive damages were required because Monsanto had failed to warn users about its product, Roundup.

Appeals Court Rejects Bayer Appeal of $25M Roundup Cancer Verdict A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a $25 million judgment and trial verdict finding Bayer’s Roundup caused a California resident’s non-Hodgkin lymphoma, dealing a blow to the chemical company’s hopes of limiting its legal risk over the weed-killer. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco rejected Bayer’s argument that lawsuits like Edwin Hardeman’s never should go to trial because federal pesticide laws barred allegations that the company failed to warn of Roundup’s cancer risks. “It’s a sla...

Agriculture your username 7 hours ago 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 that the California Northern District Court properly ruled that the carcinogenic risk of glyphosate, the active ingredient, was known at the time the plaintiff was using Roundup.  The court unanimously determined that the plaintiff’s failure to warn allegations are not preempted by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and that the laws are equivalent and consistent. Th...