Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order in Monsanto Co. v. Hardeman requesting the views of the Solicitor General on behalf of the United States. Bayer issued the following statement in response.
Today Bayer – through its subsidiary Monsanto – filed its Petition for a Writ of Certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court in Hardeman, the only Roundup™ federal product liability case to have gone to trial.
Washington Legal Foundation | By Evan M. Tager and Jonathan S. Klein Despite Daubert’s mandate that district courts must scrutinize expert testimony to ensure that juries hear only reliable and relevant expert testimony, in practice the courts often treat important questions of reliability as matters for cross examination.
On June 1, 2020, Monsanto filed its third step brief in the Hardeman glyphosate case in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, urging the Court to reverse the verdict in the case. Read the third step brief here. Read the initial opening appeal brief here.
Legal Newsline | By Rich Peters Bayer announced last week that at least 16 entities – including trade groups, several states and the federal government – are supporting the company’s appeal of a $25 million verdict in favor of plaintiff Edwin Hardeman, who alleged Roundup weedkiller caused his cancer. Amicus briefs were filed in the […]