Bayer Statement on Preliminary Approval Hearing on Roundup™ Class Plan
May 19, 2021 — Bayer today released the following statement on questions raised by Judge Chhabria during a hearing on the class agreement.
May 20, 2021
May 19, 2021 — Bayer today released the following statement on questions raised by Judge Chhabria during a hearing on the class agreement.
Bayer said today that, after careful and extensive consideration, it has decided not to file a petition for certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Dewayne Johnson v Monsanto, which will bring an end to this California state case.
Class counsel, with the company’s support, has asked the Court to extend the schedule for the preliminary approval hearing until May 13
Amicus Letters Filed in California Supreme Court in Support of Monsanto’s Petition for Review of Johnson Case
Monsanto filed a petition with the highest court in California seeking its review of the decision in Dewayne Johnson v. Monsanto Company, the first case in the Roundup™ litigation to go to trial. Monsanto asserts in the petition that the Court of Appeal’s recent decision warrants review because it conflicts with the law and longstanding legal principles with regard to federal preemption, design defect, failure to warn and punitive damages.
Bayer announced that it is in agreement with counsel representing the proposed Roundup settlement class on their decision to withdraw the pending motion for preliminary approval of the parties’ issue class agreement.
Bayer issued the following statement today in response to motions to intervene filed in Rural Coalition et al. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency et al. and a parallel case brought by the Natural Resources Defense Council, cases which challenge EPA’s Interim Registration Review Decision on glyphosate. Monsanto filed this motion and this one alongside 10 associations, which represent a substantial segment of U.S. agriculture and other professions that utilize and rely on glyphosate, and these parties have jointly requested to intervene in support of the EPA in these cases before the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Bayer issued the following statement today in response to motions to intervene filed in Rural Coalition et al. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency et al. and a parallel case brought by the Natural Resources Defense Council, cases which challenge EPA’s Interim Registration Review Decision on glyphosate. Monsanto filed this motion and this one alongside 10 associations, which represent a substantial segment of U.S. agriculture and other professions that utilize and rely on glyphosate, and these parties have jointly requested to intervene in support of the EPA in these cases before the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
“We’ve made progress in the Roundup mediation discussions, but the COVID-19 dynamics, including restrictions imposed in recent weeks, have caused meeting cancellations and delayed this process as Ken Feinberg noted, much as they have for many business activities, U.S. court proceedings and more. As a result, the mediation process has significantly slowed, and realistically, we […]
Opening Brief Argues Preemption, Lack of Evidence to Support Liability, Causation and Punitive Damages, Failure to Sever Cases, Admission of Irrelevant and Prejudicial Evidence, and Pervasive Misconduct by Plaintiffs’ Counsel Whippany, N.J., February 10, 2020 – In its opening appeal brief, Monsanto urged the California Court of Appeal to reverse the verdict in Pilliod v. Monsanto because […]
Bayer announced a series of actions it plans to implement following the denial of the motion to preliminarily approve the Roundup™ class settlement agreement. The package of five legal and commercial actions is designed to help the company achieve a level of risk mitigation that is comparable to the previously proposed national class solution.
Read about the five-point plan here.