Bayer released the following statement in reaction to a phase one verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the case of Hardeman v Monsanto, a trial conducted in the federal glyphosate multi-district litigation before Judge Vince Chhabria in the Northern District of California. The jury reached a decision in this first phase on causation, but […]
The following is Bayer’s statement regarding the commencement of the Hardeman glyphosate-based herbicide trial before Judge Vince Chhabria of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. This is the first case in the glyphosate federal multi-district litigation (MDL) to go to trial. “While we have great sympathy for Mr. Hardeman, the extensive […]
Bayer provided the following response to a new meta-analysis by Zhang L, Rana I, Taioli E, Shaffer RM, Sheppard L, a copy of which has been pre-published online. This meta-analysis, which is a statistical combination of data collected by other studies, includes select data from the most recent update of the Agricultural Health Study (AHS) […]
The following is Bayer’s statement regarding an order by Judge Vince Chhabria in the District Court for the Northern District of California regarding the admissibility of certain evidence during the causation phase of the upcoming Hardeman v. Monsanto trial. “Under the reverse bifurcation process for these first trials and the Court’s evidentiary order, we continue […]
The following is Bayer’s statement regarding an order by Judge Winifred Y. Smith in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Alameda denying plaintiffs’ motion for consolidation. “We appreciate the court’s willingness to examine closely the possibility that the potential for bias is high in a multi-plaintiff trial. We continue […]
The following is Bayer’s statement regarding Monsanto’s motion to reverse bifurcate in Pilliod v. Monsanto Company, litigation that is pending in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Alameda before Judge Winifred Y. Smith. “Reverse bifurcation would ensure that the jury’s decision on medical causation is driven by the extensive […]
The following is Bayer’s statement regarding the plaintiffs’ filing of specific causation Daubert motions in the Hardeman, Stevick and Gebeyehou v. Monsanto Co. cases, each of which is pending in the MDL in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California before Judge Vince Chhabria. “The Court previously considered plaintiffs’ motions challenging the […]
January 4, 2019 – The following is Bayer’s statement regarding Monsanto’s motion for summary judgment and specific causation Daubert motions in the Hardeman, Stevick and Gebeyehou v. Monsanto Co. cases, each of which is pending in the MDL in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California before Judge Vince Chhabria. In a […]
The following is Bayer’s statement regarding a ruling by Judge Vince Chhabria to reverse bifurcate in the In re: Roundup Products Liability Litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The following is Bayer’s statement regarding a ruling [link to order] by Judge Vince Chhabria to reverse bifurcate in the In […]