March 23, 2023
The Eighth Circuit on Thursday rejected a South Dakota farmer's bid for a new trial over an agreement wherein he helped a Minnesota attorney build mass tort litigation against Syngenta arising out of its commercialization of genetically modified corn seed that was not approved by Chinese authorities.
January 06, 2022
A South Dakota advertiser who won a jury trial against two plaintiffs attorneys involved in Syngenta lawsuits but got only a fraction of his requested award shouldn't get a do-over trial on damages, the defendants told a Sioux Falls federal judge on Wednesday.
October 26, 2021
A South Dakota judge has ruled that two law firms that represented U.S. farmers in suits against Syngenta over genetically modified corn can't receive summary judgment in a $3.4 million suit brought by their former marketer, finding that a jury should weigh disputed facts surrounding the parties' agreement.