Filing of Monsanto’s Notice of Appeal in Hardeman Glyphosate Case
On August 15, 2019, Monsanto filed a Notice of Appeal in the Hardeman glyphosate case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Read Monsanto’s Notice of Appeal here.
On August 15, 2019, Monsanto filed a Notice of Appeal in the Hardeman glyphosate case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Read Monsanto’s Notice of Appeal here.
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 reduces the overall verdict from $80.267 million to […]
Judge Vince Chhabria of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a ruling on the post-trial motions in the Hardeman glyphosate case, reducing the punitive damages to $20 million, which cuts the overall verdict from $80.267 million to $25.267 million. Read the Court’s ruling denying Monsanto’s motion for judgment and a new trial here. […]
Law360 | By Hannah Albarazi
Monsanto told a California federal judge Monday that an unfair trial led to its $80 million loss in a Roundup bellwether trial, saying that a juror who recently wrote a letter urging the judge to preserve the award was seen hugging the plaintiff at a post-trial hearing.
Reuters | By Rich Tina Bellon
“The fact that jurors from both trials wrote letters in support of constitutionally impermissible verdicts is highly unusual, and generates further anti-Monsanto bias in the Bay Area that will infect future Roundup trials,” the company said.
On July 8, 2019, Monsanto filed a motion to supplement the record in connection with its motions for judgment as a matter or law or, in the alternative, for a new trial. Read Monsanto’s motion here.
Legal NewsLine | By Dan Fisher
Monsanto has asked a federal judge to throw out an $80 million jury verdict over its Roundup herbicide, saying the plaintiff failed to present any admissible scientific evidence the product caused the plaintiff’s cancer.
Law360 | By Hannah Albarazi
Monsanto argued that Hardeman failed to present any admissible scientific evidence or expert testimony regarding whether Roundup is capable of causing non-Hodgkin lymphoma and reiterated that glyphosate has been approved by regulators in countries around the world.
The Recorder | By Ross Todd
In court papers filed Friday, Bayer’s lawyers at Wilkinson Walsh + Eskovitz; Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer; Hollingsworth; and Covington & Burling claim the jury’s finding that Roundup use caused Sonoma County resident Edwin Hardeman’s non-Hodgkin lymphoma runs counter to regulatory determinations and scientific evidence showing that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, doesn’t pose a cancer threat to humans when used properly.
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 alternative, order a new trial. The company […]