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San Diego Unified Port District v. Monsanto Company et al

  1. March 27, 2020

    Monsanto Must Face San Diego Port's PCB Nuisance Claim

    A California federal judge has cleared the San Diego Unified Port District to proceed with claims that Monsanto Co. must fund the cleanup of San Diego Bay after allegedly manufacturing for decades the polychlorinated biphenyls that now contaminate it.

  2. August 08, 2019

    Monsanto's Multiple Briefs Out Of Line, San Diego Port Says

    Monsanto and two ex-subsidiaries are playing fast and loose with federal court rules by filing three motions for summary judgment to skirt local page limits, San Diego's port district told a California district court, raising the possibility of a rebuke from the judge overseeing the contamination allegations.

  3. August 05, 2019

    San Diego Bay Is Healthy, Monsanto Says In PCB Suit

    Monsanto has asked a California federal judge to find it's not liable for polychlorinated biphenyls pollution in the San Diego Bay, arguing that the city's port is exaggerating its claims.

  4. September 07, 2018

    Monsanto Can Keep Defenses In San Diego Bay Pollution Row

    San Diego can't shake Monsanto's contention that it's at least partially to blame for pollution in the San Diego Bay, a federal judge ruled Thursday, finding that the agribusiness' affirmative defenses, including claims the Southern California city and its port district had unclean hands, deserve more evidence before dismissal.

  5. August 13, 2018

    San Diego Beats Monsanto Water Pollution Counterclaims

    Monsanto Co. lost a bid to flip a lawsuit over its alleged pollution of the San Diego Bay by blaming it on the city’s stormwater system when a California federal judge found that the company didn’t have standing to bring counterclaims because it suffered no direct injury from the contamination.

  6. March 23, 2018

    San Diego Looks To Dodge Monsanto PCB Counterclaims

    The city of San Diego on Thursday ripped counterclaims from Monsanto Co. and two of its former subsidiaries that the city was responsible for polychlorinated biphenyls pollution in San Diego Bay, telling a California federal judge that the companies were attempting to deflect blame for the contamination back to the city.

  7. April 11, 2017

    San Diego Urges Judge To Save Monsanto PCB Suit

    The city of San Diego has asked a California federal judge to keep alive its suit alleging Monsanto is responsible for polychlorinated biphenyls contaminating its harbor, insisting the presence of PCBs in the city’s stormwater and stormwater drainage systems constitutes property damage.

  8. September 29, 2016

    Monsanto Shakes San Diego City, But Not Port In PCB Case

    A California federal judge on Wednesday denied Monsanto's bid to escape the Port of San Diego's suit alleging the agricultural giant is responsible for polychlorinated biphenyls contaminating the harbor, rejecting San Diego city's claims but ruling the port's power over the harbor gives it standing.

  9. January 20, 2016

    San Diego Accused Of Forum Shopping In Monsanto PCB Case

    Agricultural giant and former chemical producer Monsanto Co. on Tuesday accused San Diego of forum shopping in the city's case seeking compensation for cleanup of polychlorinated biphenyls in its water supply, after San Diego told a California federal court about four allegedly identical cases.

  10. September 02, 2015

    Monsanto Says It Never Dumped PCBs Into San Diego Bay

    Agricultural giant and former chemical producer Monsanto Co. has moved to dismiss a federal lawsuit filed by the city of San Diego, saying that it never owned a single facility in the California city that could have dumped PCBs into the bay.

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