A Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas judge has reduced the $2.25 billion verdict against Monsanto to $404 million after the weed killer manufacturer argued the award was constitutionally excessive. In her order, Judge Susan I. Schulman threw out the initial...
On February 2, 2024, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated 55 pending weight loss lawsuits involving the drugs Ozempic, Wegovy and Rybelsus, manufactured by Novo Nordisk A/S, and Trulicity and Mounjaro, manufactured by Eli Lilly & Co....
Our new Roundup lawsuit update highlights a decision in the third bellwether trial in the Roundup multidistrict litigation. A 12-person jury in Philadelphia unanimously awarded the plaintiff a staggering $2.25 billion, finding that John McKivison’s non-Hodgkin’s...
On June 21, the Supreme Court of the United States thwarted German chemical and pharmaceutical giant Bayer AG’s efforts to shut down tens of thousands of lawsuits involving its herbicide product, Roundup. The Court refused without comment to hear the company’s appeal...
Monsanto has lost its appeal to overturn the Roundup litigation jury trial results and an $87 million award to plaintiffs Alberta and Alva Pilliod. The Court of Appeal of the State of California, First Appellate District, sided with trial judge Alameda Superior Court...
On July 29, in an update to investors on its five point plan addressing future litigation, agrochemical manufacturer Bayer AG announced that it would end U.S. residential sales of its glyphosate-based herbicides, including its flagship product, Roundup, and would...
On Friday, February 3, 2021, Bayer AG announced that it had reached a formal agreement with plaintiffs’ class counsel to resolve future Roundup claims. As part of the agreement currently awaiting approval before presiding Judge Vince Chhabria of the U.S. District...
On Wednesday, October 21, the California Supreme Court denied Bayer’s request to review the case of Dewayne “Lee” Johnson, a groundskeeper who claims that the exposure to Roundup was the cause of his non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Back in August of 2018, the jury had awarded...
On August 27, plaintiffs’ counsel in the multi-district litigation involving Monsanto and its widely used weed killer Roundup, advised the court that parent company Bayer AG appeared to be going back on the settlement agreement announced in June. At that time, the...
On Monday, July 20, a California appellate court upheld a jury’s finding in 2018 that Monsanto’s popular weed killer, Roundup, was responsible for causing plaintiff DeWayne Johnson’s cancer. Appearing before a three-judge Court of Appeals panel, Monsanto, a...
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