On July 8, 2019, Monsanto filed post-trial reply briefs urging California Superior Court Judge Winifred Smith to reverse the jury verdict and enter judgment for Monsanto or order a new trial. Read Monsanto’s Reply Brief In Support Of Its Motion for Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict here. Read Monsanto’s Reply In Support of its Motion for […]
Legal NewsLine | By Rich Peters
Bayer has filed multiple post-trial motions asking California Superior Court Judge Winifred Smith to reverse last month’s verdict or order a new trial in the case of Pilliod v. Monsanto.
Law360 | By Lauren Berg
Monsanto urged a California judge to toss a jury’s verdict that Roundup likely caused a couple’s cancer and its staggering $2.055 billion damages award and enter judgment for the company or order a new trial, arguing the verdict was not based on evidence but on “deep passion and prejudice.”
The Recorder | By Amanda Bronstad
“Repeated misconduct by plaintiffs’ counsel” influenced jurors who awarded more than $2 billion to a California couple in a trial over Roundup herbicide, according to Monsanto Co. in court documents seeking to overturn the verdict.
On June 17, 2019, Monsanto filed post-trial motions urging California Superior Court Judge Winifred Smith to reverse the jury verdict and enter judgment for Monsanto or order a new trial. Read Monsanto’s Memo of Points and Authorities In Support of Monsanto’s Motion for Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict here. Read Monsanto’s Memo of Points and Authorities […]
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 evidence presented in the case; they reflect […]
Law.com | By Amanda Bronstad
Despite losing three verdicts in California over Roundup, including this week’s $2 billion jury award, Bayer AG isn’t backing down.
Washington Examiner | By Angela Logomasini
Jurors can be easily swayed by the emotionally charged testimony of plaintiffs suffering with cancer, even when it’s not likely related to the claims made in the case at hand.
Legal Newsline | By Daniel Fisher
On April 30, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency declared glyphosate, the active ingredient in the widely used weedkiller Roundup, to be safe. Less than two weeks later, a California jury ordered Bayer AG to pay $2 billion to a couple who blamed their non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma on Roundup.
Fox Business | By Stuart Varney
The trial lasted weeks, but the jury took less than two days to arrive at that $2 billion award. Questioned later, some jurors made it clear they were in a mood to punish the Roundup makers.