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Residents Sue NC Plant, Claiming It Exposed Them to Forever Chemicals

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

Law.com

Appeals Court Critiques PFAS Class That Could Comprise 99% of Americans

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit heard oral arguments last month on whether to certify a class action that, depending on future rulings, could include 99% of Americans exposed to PFAS, a "forever chemical."
6 minute read

Law.com

After Three Plaintiffs' Verdicts, Has the Tide Turned for Roundup Trials?

With three Roundup verdicts totaling more than half a billion dollars in the past two weeks, plaintiffs lawyers are putting pressure on Bayer to settle thousands of cases, or recall its pesticide.
5 minute read

The Recorder

San Diego Jury Hits Monsanto With $332M Roundup Verdict

After four days of deliberations, a jury in San Diego County Superior Court on Tuesday awarded the verdict to Mike Dennis, who was diagnosed with a form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma at age 51.
4 minute read

Law.com

Monsanto's Roundup Winning Streak Ends With $1.25M Verdict

Friday's verdict by a jury in St. Louis, Missouri, was the first jury award for a Roundup plaintiff since before the COVID-19 pandemic and ends Monsanto's nine-trial winning streak.
3 minute read

Law.com

After $18.8M Talc Verdict, Asbestos Attorney Asks for Trial Against Georgia-Pacific

Clay Thompson plans to ask a bankruptcy judge on Thursday to lift the automatic stay in Bestwall's Chapter 11 case so that his client can have a trial against Georgia-Pacific.
4 minute read

The Recorder

In Trial Openings, Plaintiffs Present New Allegations About 'What's Really in the Bottle of Roundup'

Plaintiffs' lawyers focused on more than glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup, in attempting to convince jurors in two separate trials that the pesticide causes cancer.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Georgia Political Group Launches Ads Backing Kemp's Push to Limit Lawsuits

"For too long, Georgia tort laws have encouraged frivolous lawsuits that hamstring job creators, drive up insurance costs for families already struggling to make ends meet, undermine fairness in the courtroom, and make it harder to start, grow, and operate a small business," Cody Hall, the Hardworking Georgians group's executive director and Kemp's top political aide, said in a statement.
3 minute read

Law.com

'I Have to Follow the Law': Judge Abruptly Ends Roundup Trial, Rules for Monsanto

St. Louis County Circuit Court Judge Brian May, on Thursday, granted Monsanto's motion for a directed verdict at the close of evidence presented by the plaintiff, Mark McCostlin.
5 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Delaware AG Takes Claims Against Opioid Manufacturers to Court of Chancery

Delaware Attorney General Kathhy Jennings complaint brings public nuisance claims against two drugmakers, saying they should have known their marketing practices would lead to a spike in opioid abuse.
3 minute read

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