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 July 29, 2019, Monsanto filed its combined reply brief and cross-respondent’s brief in the Johnson glyphosate case in the Court of Appeal of the State of California, First Appellate District, Division One. Read Monsanto’s Reply Brief and Cross-Respondent’s Brief here.
On July 25, 2019, Judge Winifred Smith in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Alameda issued a ruling on the post-trial motions in the Pilliod gylphosate case. Read the Court’s order here. Read Bayer’s statement here.
On July 18, 2019, Judge Winifred Smith in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Alameda issued a tentative ruling on the post-trial motions in the Pilliod gylphosate case. Read the Court’s tentative ruling here.
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. […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
On May 31, 2019, Monsanto filed post-trial motions urging 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. Read Monsanto’s brief here. Read Bayer’s statement here.
On May 30, Monsanto and plaintiffs submitted a joint case management statement based on the discussions with the federal MDL in District Court for the Northern District of California during the May 22, 2019 Case Management Conference. Read statement here.
Bayer today provided an update on its five-point plan to address future Roundup™ litigation risk after its May 27th decision to withdraw from the national class process. The company is now in more control of important aspects of the risk mitigation process and has sketched out two basic scenarios going forward to provide a path to closure of this litigation. The first scenario is based on obtaining a favorable decision by the United States Supreme Court on a cross-cutting issue like federal preemption which would effectively and largely end the U.S. Roundup™ litigation. The second scenario assumes that the Supreme Court either declines to hear the Hardeman case or issues a ruling in favor of plaintiff – in that case the company would activate its own claims administration program.
Read about the five-point plan here.