In re Roundup Products Liability Litigation

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Case overview

Case Number:

3:16-md-02741

Court:

California Northern

Nature of Suit:

Personal Inj. Prod. Liability

Multi Party Litigation:

Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

Vince Chhabria

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Companies

Government Agencies

South Carolina Department of Transportation

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February 26, 2019
Monsanto MDL Judge Slams Female Atty's 'Steely' Composure

A California federal judge on Tuesday ripped into a plaintiff's attorney in a high-profile jury trial over claims that Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, saying that she "blatantly" violated his pretrial orders in her opening statements and that her "steely" composure showed the violations were in bad faith and intentional.
February 25, 2019
Monsanto MDL Judge Threatens Atty Sanctions As Trial Starts

A California federal judge overseeing a high-profile jury trial over claims Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller causes cancer blasted the plaintiff's attorney on the first day of trial Monday, saying she'd intentionally revealed restricted information in her opening statements for the trial's first phase, and threatening her with sanctions.
February 22, 2019
3 Things To Watch At Monsanto's Roundup Bellwether Trial

Last year, a California jury punished Monsanto to the tune of almost $300 million after finding its popular weedkillers caused a man's cancer, and six months later, all eyes are on the next legal showdown over glyphosate. Here's what attorneys will be watching as the four-week trial kicks off Monday.
February 20, 2019
Monsanto Gets Gift With Two-Stage Roundup Bellwether

After being hit with a $78 million loss in state court over claims its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, Bayer AG's Monsanto unit could turn its luck around in the first federal bellwethers over the herbicide now that it has convinced a federal judge to split the trials in two in an unconventional way.
February 19, 2019
Judge Limits Evidence For Roundup Bellwether Trial

A California federal judge has ruled that conflicting reports about the herbicide glyphosate's safety should be excluded from the initial phase of next week’s bellwether trial over claims that Monsanto's Roundup product causes cancer, ruling they would distract jurors being asked to evaluate the scientific evidence in the case.
February 13, 2019
Monsanto MDL Judge Slams Experts' 'Low Quality' Opinions

A California federal judge Wednesday criticized the "low quality" of opinions offered by several plaintiffs' expert witnesses proposed for an upcoming bellwether trial over multidistrict allegations that Monsanto's Roundup caused cancer, saying the witnesses' evidence is weak but that may not be enough to prevent their testifying.
February 11, 2019
Monsanto Pegs Cancer On Obesity, Hep C In Roundup MDL

Monsanto's counsel on Monday attempted to discredit a pathologist expected to testify in an upcoming bellwether trial over claims that its Roundup herbicides cause cancer, getting him to concede during a pretrial hearing that obesity and chronic hepatitis C could have contributed to a plaintiff's non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
February 04, 2019
Judge Warns Against Attys 'Feeding' Experts In Roundup MDL

A California federal judge on Monday warned attorneys for both parties in multidistrict litigation over claims that Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller causes cancer that he will not tolerate leading questions during an upcoming bellwether trial, after he criticized the plaintiff's counsel for "feeding" their expert answers.
January 28, 2019
Cancer Victim's Atty Takes Heat From Judge In Monsanto MDL

In a heated exchange Monday, a California federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation over claims that Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller causes cancer questioned whether a plaintiff's attorney was working in the best interest of his client, saying a proposed jury instruction appeared to advantage litigants in future cases, but not his client.
January 04, 2019
Monsanto Says Consumers' Weedkiller Warning Claims Barred

Monsanto Co. on Thursday told the California federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation over its weedkiller Roundup that consumers' claims in three bellwether cases that the company failed to warn the herbicide caused cancer are preempted by federal insecticide law.