(Video update) (UPDATE 5:45 p.m. Pacific time – Jury has retired for the evening with no verdict. Deliberations to resume Friday.) Judge Chhabria instructed lawyers for both sides to be ready to present opening statements for the second phase of the trial today if jurors come back this morning with a verdict. The second phase … Jury Deliberating
(Transcript from today’s proceedings) Plaintiff Edwin Hardeman was scheduled to take the stand today along with expert witness Dennis Weisenburger, professor of the Pathology Department of the City of Hope Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. But one juror apparently is too ill to endure the long trial day so testimony is being postponed. Weisenburger, who … Cancer Victim to Take the Stand (Not.)
Thursdays are ‘dark’ days for the Roundup cancer trial, meaning lawyers, jurors and witnesses have a day to catch their breath and regroup. And after the fast and furious first three days of the trial, they probably can use the break. After losing another juror on Wednesday morning, the trial proceeded with the testimony of … Trial Takes a Day Off
(UPDATE – Another juror has just been dismissed. One of the seven women jurors has been dismissed in morning proceedings. That leaves one man and six women. A total of six jurors are required and all must be unanimous in their verdict.) As day three opens in the first federal trial over claims that Monsanto’s … Judicial Threats and Judge Jokes
With the next trial in the mass Roundup cancer litigation set for Feb. 25 in San Francisco, attorneys for Monsanto and plaintiffs are scrambling to take more than two dozen depositions in the waning weeks of December and into January even as they debate how the trial should be organized. Monsanto attorneys on Dec. 10 … Attorneys Scramble Ahead of Next Trial
Documents from Day 1 in the Hardeman trial are posted here. See Transcript of proceedings. See Plaintiff’s Opening Slide Deck and Monsanto’s Opening Slide Deck 3:30 p.m. –Jury is dismissed by judge but lawyers in Roundup cancer trial still discussing how evidence can or can’t be used. He’s still furious over plaintiff’s lawyer Aimee Wagstaff daring … Reporting From Court
After several months out of the headlines, lawyers for both sides of the nationwide Roundup cancer litigation are gearing up for overlapping trials in the new year as several more cancer patients seek to blame Monsanto for their diseases. Six trials are currently set to take place starting in January, with one in February, two … Six Monsanto Roundup Cancer Trials Set for January
Watch this interview with Aimee Wagstaff and Jennifer Moore, the legal team that took down Monsanto and delivered the $80 million verdict to plaintiff Edwin Hardeman in Roundup cancer trial. (Hardeman makes appearance here too) http://facebook.com/USRightToKnow/videos/2081557148623440 …
(Video update) (Transcript of today’s proceedings) A unanimous jury decision on Tuesday handed a first-round victory to plaintiff Edwin Hardeman, as the six jury members found that Hardeman’s exposure to Roundup was a “substantial factor” in causing his non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The jury decision means the trial now moves into a second phase in which jurors … In Blow to Bayer, Jury Finds Roundup Caused Plaintiff’s Cancer
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