John Carson v. Monsanto Company

  1. June 07, 2021

    Monsanto Asks 11th Circ. To Create Roundup Label Precedent

    In a question of first impression for the Eleventh Circuit, Roundup maker Monsanto has urged the appellate court to rule that federal law preempts state law claims alleging the company failed to warn weedkiller buyers that a chemical in the product causes cancer.

  2. May 13, 2021

    Groups Tell 11th Circ. To Flip Roundup Cancer Link Ruling

    A collection of farmworkers' groups and a consumer rights group on Thursday asked the Eleventh Circuit to overturn a ruling that federal law bars a failure-to-warn claim by a man who said that Monsanto's Roundup caused his cancer.

  3. May 05, 2021

    11th Circ. Urged To Reverse Roundup Failure-To-Warn Ruling

    A man who alleged Monsanto's Roundup caused his cancer pressed the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday to flip a lower court's ruling that his failure-to-warn claim is barred by federal law, saying other courts have come to the opposite conclusion in an appeal challenged by other Roundup plaintiffs.

  4. April 28, 2021

    Bayer Rips 'Pay To Appeal' Charge In 11th Circ. Roundup Case

    Monsanto on Wednesday asked the Eleventh Circuit to disregard a letter sent by three third-party attorneys aiming to stop an appeal in one of the suits alleging its Roundup weedkiller caused cancer, saying they have no grounds to torpedo a settlement that led to the appeal.

  5. April 22, 2021

    Bayer Paid Roundup Plaintiff To Appeal Its Own Win, Attys Say

    Bayer AG paid a man who alleged the weedkiller Roundup caused his cancer to appeal the dismissal of one of his claims in hopes of creating an appellate precedent that could jeopardize thousands of similar cases across the country, third-party attorneys said in a letter to the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday.