On April 4, 2019, a tentative order issued by the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Alameda denied Plaintiffs’ Motion for Temporary Injunction Precluding Advertisements by Monsanto Related to Safety, Testing and Studies on its Products. Read Monsanto’s opposition to Plaintiffs’ motion here. Read Bayer’s statement here.
Bayer released the following statement regarding the Superior Court of the State of California’s ruling to tentatively deny plaintiffs’ request for a temporary restraining order on alleged company advertising. “Bayer is pleased that that Court has tentatively denied plaintiffs’ request for a temporary restraining order on company advertising which has no basis in law, while […]
The following is Bayer’s statement regarding the commencement of the Pilliod glyphosate-based herbicide trial before Judge Winifred Smith in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Alameda. This is the first case in the glyphosate JCCP coordinated proceeding to go to trial. “While we have great sympathy for the plaintiffs, […]
On March 19, 2019, Judge Winifred Y. Smith in the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the County of Alameda issued an order detailing the admissibility of certain testimony and evidence during the Pilliod v. Monsanto proceedings. Read the Court’s order here.
On March 18, 2019, Judge Winifred Y. Smith issued an order regarding Sargon motions and motion for summary judgment in Pilliod v. Monsanto Company, a case that is pending in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Alameda. The motions of Monsanto and Plaintiffs under Sargon to exclude expert testimony and the […]
On February 19, 2019, Judge Winifred Y. Smith issued an order denying Monsanto’s motion to reverse bifurcate the trial in Pilliod v. Monsanto Company, a case that is pending in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Alameda. Previously, the MDL judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern […]
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 […]
On January 18, 2019, Monsanto filed a motion to reverse bifurcate the trial in Pilliod v. Monsanto Company, a case that is pending in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Alameda before Judge Winifred Y. Smith. This motion follows an earlier ruling in the MDL in the U.S. District […]