Reply Brief Filed in Support of Motion for Preliminary Approval of Proposed Class Settlement
On April 7, 2021, plaintiffs' class counsel in the Roundup™ multi-district litigation filed a reply...
Farmers and growers have been using glyphosate-based herbicides safely and effectively to control weeds for more than 40 years. These products continue to play a critical role in helping farmers manage weeds and sustainably deliver crops to markets around the world.
The litigation over glyphosate primarily stems from one place: an opinion by a group called IARC. IARC is not a regulatory authority and did not conduct any original scientific studies. Yet in 2015, after IARC classified glyphosate as a “probable carcinogen,” trial attorneys in the U.S. began running advertisements to recruit plaintiffs for lawsuits against Monsanto, the manufacturer of many glyphosate-based herbicides (i.e., Roundup®-branded herbicides). These lawsuits rely heavily on IARC’s classification, which has many significant limitations and flaws and runs counter to an extensive body of science supporting glyphosate’s safe use. More than four years after reaching its opinion, leading pesticide regulators around the world continue to conclude that glyphosate is not carcinogenic and that glyphosate-based herbicides are safe when used as directed.
Bayer will vigorously defend its products based on the strong body of science that confirms glyphosate and glyphosate-based products are safe when used as directed and that glyphosate does not cause cancer.
On February 7, 2020 Monsanto filed its opening appeal brief and motion for judicial notice in the California Court of Appeal, urging the Court to reverse the verdict in the case.
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On May 13, 2019, a jury in the Pilliod v. Monsanto trial overseen by Judge Smith reached a verdict in favor of plaintiffs Alva and Alberta Pilliod. This was the first case in the glyphosate JCCP coordinated proceeding to go to trial.
On December 13, 2019, Monsanto filed its opening appeal brief in the Hardeman glyphosate case in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, urging the Court to reverse the verdict in the case. The appellate briefing should conclude in the summer of 2020, after which time it will be up to the court to schedule argument. The appeals process in its entirety could take a year or longer.
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Monsanto filed to appeal the Johnson verdict in the Court of Appeal of the State of California and believes that the liability verdict and damage awards are not supported by the evidence at trial or the law. The appellate briefing concluded in August 2019; oral arguments were heard by the panel of judges telephonically on June 2, 2020. The Court has 90 days from the date of oral argument to issue a decision.
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On April 7, 2021, plaintiffs' class counsel in the Roundup™ multi-district litigation filed a reply...
On September 28, 2020, Monsanto filed a reply to the Plaintiff's answer to the company's Petition fo...
Multiple amicus letters have been filed in support of Monsanto’s petition for review of the Johnson...