Law360, New York (October 30, 2009) -- Plaintiffs in a long-running dispute over pension plans for employees of agricultural giant Monsanto Corp. and two spinoff health care companies have appealed a district court decision tossing their class action claims that the pension plans improperly calculated their benefits in violation of federal law.
In a June order, Judge J. Phil Gilbert of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois tossed the allegations against the defendants in the case including Monsanto,...


