Hardeman v. Monsanto Company
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June 21, 2019
Top Product Liability Cases Of 2019: Midyear Review
So far this year, Monsanto has been hit with over $2 billion in damages over claims that it failed to warn of the cancer risks of its popular Roundup weedkiller. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has clarified the “clear-evidence” standard for failure-to-warn cases, while Connecticut's top court put a dent in the federal law protecting gunmakers from liability when firearms are used in crimes. Here, Law360 recaps the most significant product liability cases of the first half of 2019.
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June 03, 2019
Monsanto Looks To Nix $80M Loss In 1st Fed. Roundup Trial
Monsanto urged a California federal judge Friday to toss a unanimous jury verdict that found the agrochemical giant liable for failing to warn that its popular Roundup weedkiller could cause cancer and awarded over $80 million in damages in the first federal bellwether trial.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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March 11, 2019
Oncologist Testifies Roundup's Link To Cancer Lacks Proof
A hematologist-oncologist testified during a California federal jury trial Monday that there's "no medical evidence" that Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller caused a man's cancer and that it was "most likely" caused by chronic hepatitis C, but she conceded on cross-examination that she doesn't specialize in pesticides.
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February 27, 2019
Monsanto MDL Judge Sanctions 'Steely' Atty, Explains Remark
A California federal judge sanctioned an attorney representing the plaintiff in a high-profile jury trial over claims that Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, while telling her Wednesday that when he said she'd been "steely" in responding to him, he didn't intend a negative connotation.