One day after a California jury in federal court awarded plaintiff Edwin Hardeman nearly $81 million dollars for his development of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma from use of glyphosate-containing weed killer, the Alva and Alberta Pilliod trial got underway in state court in...
On March 28, 2019, CMBG3's Michaela Lancer and John Gardella's co-authored article, Expectations For Glyphosate Litigation After Monsanto Verdict, was published by Law360, a legal news service that provides expert analysis and updates on currently trending legal...
The first glyphosate federal bellwether trial ended yesterday with a California jury awarding plaintiff Edwin Hardeman nearly $81 million dollars. A unanimous jury found Monsanto liable for failing to warn that its glyphosate-containing Roundup weed killer could cause...
After nearly a week of deliberations, the jury reached a verdict yesterday in the Hardeman case finding that glyphosate-containing Roundup weed killer was a substantial factor in causing Edwin Hardeman’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. That was the single question that the...
The jury has started their deliberations in phase one of the Hardeman trial after testimony from Monsanto’s experts on Monday and hearing closing arguments from both sides yesterday. This is the first of three bellwether trials in federal court alleging that...
Plaintiffs rested their case on Friday at the end of week two in the on-going Hardeman trial, the first of three bellwether trials in California federal court alleging that Monsanto’s glyphosate-containing Roundup weed killer causes cancer. What is Glyphosate?...
Knox v. MetalForming, Inc., et al. is a products liability suit involving a plaintiff who was injured on the job while operating a metal bending machine. The machine was supplied to plaintiff’s employer by co-defendant and cross-claim plaintiff MetalForming, Inc....
The first of three federal bellweather trials (Hardeman) alleging that Monsanto’s glyphosate-containing Roundup weedkiller causes cancer got underway last week with the jury hearing opening statements last Monday and from expert witnesses throughout the week. In...
Much attention has been given lately to California, where the issue of whether glyphosate, a chemical compound in weed killing products, can cause cancer in humans has been (and is as of the writing of this article) in the public spotlight, as cases are taken to trial...
The first of three federal bellweather trials alleging that Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller causes cancer is scheduled to get underway this week with seven women and two men seated on the jury. The trial, taking place before United States District Judge Chhabria in San...