Punitive Damages Still On Table In GM Rice Case

By Richard Vanderford

Law360, New York (December 09, 2009, 7:26 PM ET) -- A federal judge presiding over the genetically modified rice multidistrict litigation has left punitive damages on the table in the second bellwether trial, saying Bayer CropScience AG knew that failing to stop GM seed from contaminating conventional rice could grow into a problem.

“Bayer knew that the seeds could be 'admixed' through human error as simple as failing to clean equipment or boots, and that cross-pollination could occur,” Judge Catherine Perry of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri said in Wednesday's order,...
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