Bayer Statement on Preliminary Approval Hearing on Roundup™ Class Plan
May 19, 2021 — Bayer today released the following statement on questions raised by Judge Chhabria during a hearing on the class agreement.
May 19, 2021 — Bayer today released the following statement on questions raised by Judge Chhabria during a hearing on the class agreement.
On November 6, 2019, Judge Vince Chhabria of the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California issued a tentative order regarding the Stevick v. Monsanto glyphosate case. Read the order here.
Whippany, July 15, 2019 – The following is Bayer’s statement regarding the ruling by U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria in the District Court for the Northern District of California on Monsanto’s post-trial motions in Hardeman v. Monsanto. The court reduced the punitive damages to $20 million, which reduces the overall verdict from $80.267 million to […]
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. […]
Law360 | By Hannah Albarazi
Monsanto told a California federal judge Monday that an unfair trial led to its $80 million loss in a Roundup bellwether trial, saying that a juror who recently wrote a letter urging the judge to preserve the award was seen hugging the plaintiff at a post-trial hearing.
Reuters | By Rich Tina Bellon
“The fact that jurors from both trials wrote letters in support of constitutionally impermissible verdicts is highly unusual, and generates further anti-Monsanto bias in the Bay Area that will infect future Roundup trials,” the company said.
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.
Legal NewsLine | By Dan Fisher
Monsanto has asked a federal judge to throw out an $80 million jury verdict over its Roundup herbicide, saying the plaintiff failed to present any admissible scientific evidence the product caused the plaintiff’s cancer.
Law360 | By Hannah Albarazi
Monsanto argued that Hardeman failed to present any admissible scientific evidence or expert testimony regarding whether Roundup is capable of causing non-Hodgkin lymphoma and reiterated that glyphosate has been approved by regulators in countries around the world.
The Recorder | By Ross Todd
In court papers filed Friday, Bayer’s lawyers at Wilkinson Walsh + Eskovitz; Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer; Hollingsworth; and Covington & Burling claim the jury’s finding that Roundup use caused Sonoma County resident Edwin Hardeman’s non-Hodgkin lymphoma runs counter to regulatory determinations and scientific evidence showing that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, doesn’t pose a cancer threat to humans when used properly.