By Amanda Bronstad | May 14, 2021
The first federal appeals court to review a Roundup case delivered a sharp rebuke to the pesticide maker, upholding a $25.3 million award, including $20 million in punitive damages. The panel, which ruled on a 2-1 vote, also said plaintiffs' state law claims were not preempted by federal law.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | May 10, 2021
Sixteen cancer sufferers and their families have sued German medical device company B. Braun, alleging that emissions of the carcinogenic gas ethylene oxide from one of the company's plants caused their illnesses.
By Amanda Bronstad | May 5, 2021
An April 30 supplemental brief was filed for 93 law firms and 167 lawyers objecting to the $2 billion settlement. Public Justice and Public Citizen filed their own supplemental briefs, focused on several issues, including the release of punitive damage claims. An approval hearing is set for May 19.
By Amanda Bronstad | April 29, 2021
Monsanto fired back Wednesday at what it called "inflammatory rhetoric" that it paid a Roundup plaintiff to bring an Eleventh Circuit appeal of a favorable ruling on federal preemption. In an opposition filed in court, its lawyer accused lead plaintiffs attorneys of considering a similar "high-low settlement" in another Roundup case now before the Ninth Circuit.
By Amanda Bronstad | April 28, 2021
Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Ana Viscomi, who oversaw the 2018 trial, "did not assess the methodology, or the underlying data used by the two experts to form their opinions," according to Wednesday's opinion.
By Jeffrey Dintzer and Gregory Berlin | April 26, 2021
A recent wave of PFAS investigation orders will have broad implications not only for refineries and bulk fuel storage terminals, but also for the larger regulated community as California continues to aggressively investigate PFAS contamination across the state and identify responsible parties, says Jeffrey Dintzer and Gregory Berlin of Alston & Bird in Los Angeles.
By Amanda Bronstad | April 23, 2021
Plaintiffs attorneys that got Roundup verdicts have accused parent company Bayer of paying its opponent in a Georgia case to appeal a favorable federal preemption ruling to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Bayer, which has raised federal preemption arguments in other Roundup appeals in California, defended its actions as transparent and the settlement as appropriate.
By Alaina Lancaster | March 19, 2021
The decision will end the litigation brought by Dewayne Johnson against Bayer's Monsanto over claims its Roundup pesticide caused his non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
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By Justin Henry | March 11, 2021
The group includes professionals in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Allentown, who focus on toxic tort, chemical and pharmaceutical litigation.
By Amanda Bronstad | March 5, 2021
More than a dozen law firms opposed the proposed class action settlement, the second attempt by Bayer to resolve lawsuits while keeping Roundup on store shelves. Public Citizen and the American Association for Justice also filed amicus briefs opposing the deal.
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