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,...
EPA’s Interim Registration Review Decision Follows Agency Letter to Registrants and the U.S. Government’s Amicus Filing in Hardeman Case That Also Support Glyphosate’s Safety Whippany, N.J., January 31, 2020 – Bayer said today that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s favorable conclusion...
WHIPPANY, N.J., December 23, 2019 –Bayer said today that six amicus briefs were filed in its appeal of the Hardeman case before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, representing 16 public, professional, trade and commercial entities. The briefs make arguments on a range of issues including federal pr...
Says State Failure-To-Warn Claims Are Preempted; Court Made Reversible Errors Dealing With Causation Whippany, N.J., December 16, 2019 – Monsanto told the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in its opening appeal brief that the verdict in Hardeman v. Monsanto should be reversed because the failure-t...
Leverkusen, October 30, 2019 – Bayer has made progress in all key areas and is on track both operationally and strategically. “Bayer had a successful third quarter,” Werner Baumann, Chairman of the Board of Management, said on Wednesday during the news conference call on the quarterly figures....
Whippany (July 25, 2019) — The following is Bayer’s statement regarding a ruling in Pilliod v. Monsanto by Judge Winifred Smith in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Alameda to reduce the punitive, non- economic, and future medica...
Whippany, July 15, 2019 – The following is Bayer’s statement regarding the ruling by U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria in the District Court for the Northern District of California on Monsanto’s post-trial motions in Hardeman v. Monsanto. The court reduced the punitive damages to $20 million, which...
Whippany, N.J., June 18, 2019 – In post-trial motions filed in Pilliod v. Monsanto, Monsanto urged California Superior Court Judge Winifred Smith to reverse the jury verdict and enter judgment for Monsanto or order a new trial. The company argues in its briefs that the “verdicts do not reflect the e...
Whippany, N.J., June 3, 2019 – In post-trial motions recently filed in Hardeman v. Monsanto, Monsanto urged federal district court Judge Vince Chhabria who is presiding over the MDL in the Northern District of California to reverse the jury verdict and enter judgment for Monsanto, or in the alternat...
Leverkusen / Whippany, May 13, 2019 – Bayer released the following statement in reaction to a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the case of Pilliod v. Monsanto, a trial conducted before Judge Winifred Smith in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Alameda. This is...