Elaine Stevick

Trial in Monsanto’s Hometown Set for August After $2 Billion Verdict

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This article was originally published in Environmental Health News. By Carey Gillam After three stunning courtroom losses in California, the legal battle over the safety of Monsanto’s top-selling Roundup herbicide is headed for the company’s hometown, where corporate officials can be forced to appear on the witness stand, and legal precedence shows a history of Trial in Monsanto’s Hometown Set for August After $2 Billion Verdict

U.S. Judge Wants Monsanto & Bayer to Start Settlement Talks in Roundup Cancer Litigation

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U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria is asking Monsanto and its new owner Bayer AG to begin mediation with lawyers for cancer victims who have sued Monsanto alleging its Roundup and other glyphosate-based herbicides cause non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Chhabria’s move comes in the wake of an $80 million jury award to plaintiffs Edwin Hardeman last month in U.S. Judge Wants Monsanto & Bayer to Start Settlement Talks in Roundup Cancer Litigation