John Carson v. Monsanto Company

  1. May 09, 2024

    11th Circ. Rejects Monsanto's Roundup Suit Redo Request

    The full Eleventh Circuit has rejected Monsanto's renewed request for review of a panel's ruling that a Georgia doctor can allege the company failed to warn about cancer risks associated with the use of Roundup weedkiller despite federal pesticide labeling requirements.

  2. February 27, 2024

    Monsanto Wants Further 11th Circ. Roundup Suit Review

    Monsanto has for a second time pressed the full Eleventh Circuit to review a panel ruling that a Georgia doctor's allegations the company failed to warn about cancer risks of using the Roundup weed killer was permitted despite federal pesticide labeling requirements.

  3. February 05, 2024

    Ga. Doctor's Roundup Fight Revived On Remand

    An Eleventh Circuit panel on Monday revived on remand from the full Eleventh Circuit a Georgia doctor's lawsuit alleging Monsanto failed to warn of Roundup's alleged cancer risks, clarifying that the doctor's state failure-to-warn claim is not expressly preempted by federal law and Monsanto hasn't shown implied preemption.

  4. September 07, 2023

    Consumer Group Backs Ga. Doctor's Appeal In Roundup Suit

    Consumer advocacy group Public Citizen is urging the Eleventh Circuit to overturn a district court's dismissal of a Georgia doctor's lawsuit alleging Monsanto's weedkiller Roundup caused his cancer, saying his failure-to-warn state law claim is not preempted by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act.

  5. July 10, 2023

    Full 11th Circ. Sends Ga. Doc's Roundup Case Back To Panel

    The full Eleventh Circuit on Monday remanded a Georgia doctor's claim that Monsanto's Roundup caused his cancer to the three-judge panel that heard his appeal, ruling that the panel must revisit its analysis of whether the claim is preempted by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act.

  6. June 13, 2023

    Monsanto's 11th Circ. Appeal Deal Queried In Roundup Case

    The propriety of a Monsanto-funded appeal of the narrowing of a Georgia doctor's case against it, alleging his exposure to the weedkiller Roundup caused his cancer, was called into question Tuesday by Eleventh Circuit judges as they considered the agriculture giant's request that a failure-to-warn claim remain dismissed.

  7. April 06, 2023

    Doctor Tells 11th Circ. EPA Doesn't Bar Roundup Warning Suit

    A Georgia doctor urged the full Eleventh Circuit to not let Monsanto "avoid responsibility" for its failure to warn about the cancer risk associated with its Roundup weedkiller, saying federal law doesn't preempt failure to warn claims and "every appellate judge to consider the issue all agree."

  8. March 30, 2023

    Pesticide Maker Backs Monsanto In 11th Circ. Roundup Redo

    A national trade association and a chemical company threw their support behind Monsanto in calling on the full Eleventh Circuit to undo a panel's decision and rule that a Georgia doctor's failure-to-warn claims over the company's Roundup weedkiller are preempted by federal law.

  9. March 16, 2023

    Monsanto Asks 11th Circ. To Bar Doctor's Roundup Claims

    Monsanto Co. is urging the full Eleventh Circuit to hold that a Georgia doctor's claims that it failed to warn customers that its Roundup weedkiller could cause cancer are preempted by federal law.

  10. March 13, 2023

    Law Groups Tell Full 11th Circ. Roundup Claims Negate EPA

    Two nonprofit public interest law firms threw their support behind Monsanto Co., urging the full Eleventh Circuit to undo a panel's ruling that a Georgia doctor's claims the company failed to warn consumers that its Roundup weed killer could cause cancer were not preempted by federal regulations.

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