August 07, 2017
A California federal judge on Friday said Monsanto Co. can pause separate public nuisance suits filed by San Jose, Oakland and Berkeley seeking cleanup costs for the company's alleged pollution of San Francisco Bay with polychlorinated biphenyls, ruling the cities have failed to exhaust their administrative remedies.
February 06, 2017
A California federal judge on Friday said Monsanto Co. can't escape separate public nuisance suits filed by San Jose, Oakland and Berkeley seeking cleanup costs for allegedly contaminating the San Francisco Bay with polychlorinated biphenyls, ruling the cities have a legitimate property interest in captured stormwater under the state's water code.
January 26, 2017
Monsanto Co. urged a California federal judge at a hearing Thursday to toss separate public nuisance suits filed by San Jose, Oakland and Berkeley seeking cleanup costs for allegedly contaminating the San Francisco Bay with polychlorinated biphenyls, arguing that the cities lose their property rights over runoff water once it hits the bay.
July 09, 2015
The city of San Jose, California, on Thursday sued Monsanto Co., and subsidiaries of Pfizer Inc. and Eastman Chemical Co. in California federal court for increasing costs it's facing due to Monsanto's handling of toxic substances.