( September 30, 2024, 10:26 AM EDT) -- BURLINGTON, Vt. — The Vermont school districts that sued Monsanto Co. in Vermont federal court alleging that it is liable for contamination from polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have filed a brief opposing to the state of Vermont’s motion for reconsideration of a ruling in which a federal judge refused to stay the school districts’ lawsuit in favor of the state’s separate-but-related action. The school districts contend that the judge’s treatment of the issues “was thorough in reaching the proper and correct result” and maintain that there are no grounds to reverse the decision....