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Hardeman v. Monsanto Company et al
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July 15, 2019
$80M Roundup Verdict Slashed To $25M By Calif. Judge
A California federal judge on Monday reduced an $80 million verdict against Monsanto to $25 million, calling the company's failure to warn about the dangers of its Roundup weedkiller "reprehensible" but finding the punitive damages awarded to a man who claims Roundup caused his cancer unreasonably high.
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July 09, 2019
Plaintiff Says Attys Didn't Spur Juror Letter To Roundup Judge
A man with non-Hodgkin lymphoma pushed back against Monsanto's argument that a biased jury led to its $80 million trial loss in multidistrict litigation over claims its Roundup herbicide causes cancer, arguing that his counsel never told a juror to write a letter urging the judge to preserve the award.
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May 21, 2019
Second Atty Sanctioned For Monsanto MDL Opening Remark
A California federal judge sanctioned a second attorney who represented the victorious plaintiff in a high-profile jury trial over claims that Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, ruling Tuesday that she had joined her already-sanctioned colleague in violating pretrial orders.
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March 25, 2019
Ex-Monsanto CEO Defends Roundup, Concedes Study Limits
In videotaped testimony played at a Roundup cancer trial on Monday, Monsanto's former CEO conceded the company never conducted epidemiological cancer studies on the weedkiller, while saying the agri-giant based its practices on "sound science."
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March 22, 2019
Meet The Outspoken Judge Handling Epic Monsanto Case
The California federal judge dishing out tough talk in Monsanto's high-stakes Roundup litigation is a "brutally honest" jurist who "doesn't play games" and "very much takes attorneys to task" when he sees fit. And that's what his admirers say.
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March 20, 2019
Monsanto Jury Told $63B Co. Should Pay Up Over Roundup
Monsanto should pay a California man for failing to warn about its weedkiller Roundup's cancer risks, his attorney told a federal jury during opening statements in the trial's second phase, declining to put a number on punitive damages but noting that Bayer recently acquired Monsanto for $63 billion.
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March 07, 2019
Monsanto Can't Trim MDL Claiming Weedkiller Causes Cancer
Monsanto lost a bid to pare back multidistrict litigation over the agrochemical giant's allegedly carcinogenic Roundup weedkiller when a California federal judge ruled Thursday that the claims in three bellwether cases are backed by believable evidence and aren't preempted by other laws.
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March 06, 2019
Pathologist Says Monsanto Roundup Likely Caused Cancer
A pathologist testified Wednesday during a California federal bellwether trial that it is "more likely than not" that Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller caused a man's cancer, refuting Monsanto's arguments the cancer was caused by the man's hepatitis C, weight and age.
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February 26, 2019
Monsanto MDL Judge Slams Female Atty's 'Steely' Composure
A California federal judge on Tuesday ripped into a plaintiff's attorney in a high-profile jury trial over claims that Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, saying that she "blatantly" violated his pretrial orders in her opening statements and that her "steely" composure showed the violations were in bad faith and intentional.
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February 25, 2019
Monsanto MDL Judge Threatens Atty Sanctions As Trial Starts
A California federal judge overseeing a high-profile jury trial over claims Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller causes cancer blasted the plaintiff's attorney on the first day of trial Monday, saying she'd intentionally revealed restricted information in her opening statements for the trial's first phase, and threatening her with sanctions.