In re Roundup Products Liability Litigation

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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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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.
January 01, 2019
Product Liability Cases To Watch In 2019

Product liability attorneys are closely watching two appeals at the U.S. Supreme Court — one over Merck's osteoporosis drug Fosamax and another involving asbestos and maritime law — as well as the enormous multidistrict litigation over the opioid crisis and suits alleging that Monsanto’s weedkiller Roundup causes cancer. Here, Law360 summarizes the top cases product liability attorneys will be following in 2019.
December 18, 2018
Where 5 Top MDLs Stand At The End Of 2018

The past year was a lively one on the multidistrict litigation docket as major MDLs over the opiate crisis and the Equifax data breach got up and running, while cases concerning a Monsanto weedkiller and a common hospital technology revved for early bellwether trials.
November 30, 2018
Monsanto Objects To Dying Man's Bid For A Quick Trial

Monsanto Co. told a California federal judge Friday that a dying man's suit alleging the company's Roundup weedkiller caused his non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, leaving him less than six months to live, shouldn't be expedited for trial, saying he should be deposed instead.
October 29, 2018
Judge To Limit Jury Screenings In Roundup Bellwether MDL

A California federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation over consumers' claims that Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller caused their cancer said Monday he's "strongly against" individually screening potential jurors for February and May trials, saying it seems Monsanto wants to proceed with jury selection "as if it were a death penalty case."
September 24, 2018
Roundup MDL Seeks More NorCal Bellwether Cases For Trial

The California federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation over consumers' claims Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller caused their cancer sought Monday to find more potential bellwether cases to bulk up options for trials slated for February and May.
September 13, 2018
Firm Behind $289M Win Stays In Roundup MDL Despite Snafu

The firm that recently won a $289 million state court verdict for a man who said Monsanto's Roundup caused his cancer can participate in multidistrict litigation over the weedkiller, a California federal judge said Thursday, reversing his prior decision that the firm couldn't participate at trial after an attorney allegedly posted sealed documents online.
July 10, 2018
'Shaky' Evidence Of Roundup-Cancer Link Admissible At Trial

A California federal judge Tuesday rejected Monsanto Co.'s bid to block multidistrict litigation alleging the company's Roundup weed killer causes cancer and said he'd permit three of the consumer plaintiffs' experts to testify in the case, concluding their opinions, "while shaky, are admissible."
March 14, 2018
Link Between Roundup And Cancer Is 'Shaky,' Judge Says

A California federal judge criticized the "shaky" expert opinions touted by consumers in multidistrict litigation alleging Monsanto's top-selling weed killer, Roundup, causes non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, saying at a hearing Wednesday on Monsanto's bid to scrap the claims and end the case that some of the evidence may rise to the level of "junk science."
March 09, 2018
Monsanto Testimony Stretches Limits Of Judge's Math Skills

Apologizing for his "less than rudimentary" math skills, a California federal judge stepped down from the bench and scrawled a calculation on the back of a poster-board demonstrative Friday, seeking to understand a Monsanto expert's highly technical testimony supporting the company's bid to end litigation alleging its Roundup weed killer causes cancer.