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.
On May 7, 2019, Monsanto filed a motion to exclude improper closing argument in an effort to minimize the necessity of objections and set forth clear parameters for inappropriate topics in advance of closing arguments. Read Monsanto’s Motion to Exclude Improper Closing Argument here.
On April 25, 2019, Monsanto filed a motion for nonsuit at the close of plaintiffs’ evidence in the Pilliod glyphosate case in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Alameda. Read Monsanto’s Notice of Motion and Motion for Nonsuit here. Read Bayer’s statement on Monsanto’s Notice of Motion and Motion […]
On April 24, 2019, Monsanto filed to appeal the Johnson v. Monsanto verdict in the Court of Appeal of the State of California. The trial was overseen by Judge Suzanne R. Bolanos in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Francisco. Read Monsanto’s appellate brief here. Read Monsanto’s motion for judicial […]
On April 11, 2019, Judge Vince Chhabria in the federal MDL in District Court for the Northern District of California issued an order vacating the Stevick v. Monsanto trial and ordering mediation in the MDL. Read the Court’s order here.Read Bayer’s statement here.
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.
On March 26, 2019, Judge Vince Chhabria in the federal MDL in District Court for the Northern District of California ordered the final Phase 2 jury instructions for the Hardeman v. Monsanto trial. Read the Court’s jury instructions here.
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 March 12, 2019, Judge Vince Chhabria in the federal MDL in District Court for the Northern District of California ordered the final Phase 1 jury instructions for the Hardeman v. Monsanto trial. Read the Court’s jury instructions 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.