Mike Miller

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

Bay Area Man vs. Monsanto: First Trial Over Roundup Cancer Claims Set to Begin

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By Carey Gillam Dewayne “Lee” Johnson has led what many might call an unremarkable life. The 46-year-old father and husband spent several years working as a school groundskeeper and spending free time teaching his two young sons to play football. But this week he takes center stage in a global debate over the safety of Bay Area Man vs. Monsanto: First Trial Over Roundup Cancer Claims Set to Begin

No Trial Today, But a Story About the Last Trial

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(UPDATE: The parties settled their litigation out of court in November 2019.) The historic win last summer of California groundskeeper Dewayne “Lee” Johnson over Monsanto and its new owner Bayer made news around the world and made some of Johnson’s attorneys virtual celebrities in legal circles, garnering them awards and international notoriety. But behind the No Trial Today, But a Story About the Last Trial