Edwin Hardeman v. Monsanto Company

  1. June 25, 2021

    Top Product Liability Cases Of 2021: Midyear Report

    A U.S. Supreme Court ruling holding that Ford can be held liable for alleged defects in cars originally sold outside a plaintiff's home state and a ruling wiping out hundreds of cases alleging GlaxoSmithKline's anti-nausea drug Zofran causes birth defects are among Law360's top cases for the first six months of 2021.

  2. May 14, 2021

    9th Circ. Won't Wipe Out $25M Roundup Verdict

    The Ninth Circuit dealt a setback to Monsanto on Friday when a panel upheld a $25 million judgment in the first bellwether trial in multidistrict litigation over claims that the company's Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, saying failure-to-warn claims are not blocked by federal law.

  3. March 19, 2021

    Bayer Skips High Court Review Of $21M Roundup Verdict

    Bayer AG on Friday announced that it would not be asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a $20.6 million verdict awarded to a former school groundskeeper who alleged that Monsanto's weedkiller Roundup caused his cancer.

  4. October 23, 2020

    9th Circ. Judge Doubts Monsanto's $25M Roundup Argument

    A Ninth Circuit judge appeared skeptical Friday of Monsanto's arguments that a $25 million judgment over Roundup's links to cancer must be overturned due to the Environmental Protection Agency's approval of the herbicide, saying a federal statute prohibits companies from using their herbicide registrations as a defense.

  5. March 24, 2020

    Calif. Tells 9th Circ. EPA Opinion Can't Nix $25M Bayer Verdict

    California asked the Ninth Circuit to reject Bayer AG's effort to overturn a $25 million verdict in favor of a man who claims the company's Roundup herbicide caused his cancer, saying state warning requirements were not preempted by federal law.

  6. March 17, 2020

    Calif. Man Tells 9th Circ. To Restore $75M Roundup Damages

    A California man who was awarded $75 million in punitive damages in a bellwether trial in the multidistrict litigation over the cancer risks of Bayer AG's weedkiller Roundup said that the verdict shouldn't have been slashed since the company refused to test those risks.

  7. December 16, 2019

    Bayer Says $25M Monsanto Verdict Defies Science

    Bayer AG on Monday said it has launched its first federal appeal involving the labeling of its Roundup herbicide products, urging the Ninth Circuit to overturn a $25 million verdict in favor of a man who claims the weedkiller caused his cancer.