In re Roundup Products Liability Litigation

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Case overview

Case Number:

3:16-md-02741

Court:

California Northern

Nature of Suit:

Personal Inj. Prod. Liability

Multi Party Litigation:

Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

Vince Chhabria

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Companies

Government Agencies

South Carolina Department of Transportation

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March 27, 2019
Monsanto Hit With $80M Verdict In First Fed. Roundup Trial

A unanimous California jury found Monsanto liable Wednesday for failing to warn that its popular Roundup weedkiller could cause cancer, awarding a Golden State man more than $80 million and delivering a serious blow to the agri-giant in the first such federal bellwether trial.
March 26, 2019
'Send Monsanto A Message,' Jury Told At Roundup Trial's End

A federal jury should award a California man punitive damages and "send Monsanto a message loud and clear" that it needs to warn consumers its Roundup weedkiller can cause cancer, his attorney argued at the close of a bellwether trial Tuesday.
March 25, 2019
Ex-Monsanto CEO Defends Roundup, Concedes Study Limits

In videotaped testimony played at a Roundup cancer trial on Monday, Monsanto's former CEO conceded the company never conducted epidemiological cancer studies on the weedkiller, while saying the agri-giant based its practices on "sound science."
March 22, 2019
Meet The Outspoken Judge Handling Epic Monsanto Case

The California federal judge dishing out tough talk in Monsanto's high-stakes Roundup litigation is a "brutally honest" jurist who "doesn't play games" and "very much takes attorneys to task" when he sees fit. And that's what his admirers say.
March 20, 2019
Monsanto Jury Told $63B Co. Should Pay Up Over Roundup

Monsanto should pay a California man for failing to warn about its weedkiller Roundup's cancer risks, his attorney told a federal jury during opening statements in the trial's second phase, declining to put a number on punitive damages but noting that Bayer recently acquired Monsanto for $63 billion.
March 19, 2019
Monsanto's Roundup Likely Caused Cancer, Calif. Jury Says

A California federal jury found Tuesday that Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller was likely a substantial factor in causing a man's cancer, delivering a major blow to the Bayer AG unit in the first such federal bellwether trial and setting the stage for a second phase to determine damages.
March 12, 2019
Monsanto Bellwether Over Roundup Cancer Risk Goes To Jury

Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller was a "substantial factor" in causing a California man's cancer, his attorney said during closing arguments Tuesday in the first such federal bellwether trial over the product, while Monsanto's attorneys argued his illness isn't unique and there's no way to know its cause.
March 07, 2019
Monsanto Can't Trim MDL Claiming Weedkiller Causes Cancer

Monsanto lost a bid to pare back multidistrict litigation over the agrochemical giant's allegedly carcinogenic Roundup weedkiller when a California federal judge ruled Thursday that the claims in three bellwether cases are backed by believable evidence and aren't preempted by other laws.
March 06, 2019
Pathologist Says Monsanto Roundup Likely Caused Cancer

A pathologist testified Wednesday during a California federal bellwether trial that it is "more likely than not" that Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller caused a man's cancer, refuting Monsanto's arguments the cancer was caused by the man's hepatitis C, weight and age.
March 04, 2019
Monsanto 'Opened Door' To Internal Cancer Report: Judge

A California federal judge ruled Monday that a jury deciding whether Monsanto's Roundup caused a man's cancer can hear about an internal company report from 1999 that concluded the weedkiller's active ingredient can cause genetic damage to human cells, saying Monsanto's attorneys "opened the door" to the topic during trial.