Bruce Pied et al v. Monsanto et al

Reference :

19-1-034K

Complaint date :

January 30, 2019

Status :

Not judged

Place of jurisdiction :

United States, Hawaii

Plaintiffs types :

Farmers, Individuals

Plaintiffs names :

Bruce Pied, Taizen Pied, Taen Kelii Pied, Alice Ogile Foote

Defendants :

Monsanto, Farm and Garden, Costco, Bayer

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

Brian K. Mackintosh, Michael J. Miller, Jeffrey A. Travers

Case nature :

Civil court

Specificities :

Jury

Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) :

Herbicide, Glyphosate, Roundup

Requests :

Special damages in an amount to be determined at a trial or hearing; General damages in an amount to be determined at a trial or hearing; Actual or compensatory damages in an amount to be determined at a trial or hearing; Punitive, exemplary, and/or treble damages in an amount to be determined at a trial or hearing; E. Future earnings of Mr. Pied as provided by HRS § 663-8; Reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs; Pre-judgment and post-judgment interest; and...

Name of the Court :

Circuit Court of the Third Circuit of Hawaii, United States

Jurisdiction level :

Summary :

Plaintiff Bruce Pied regularly sprayed his coffee and macadamia nut farm in Kealakekua, Hawaii with glyphosate-based herbicides (Roundup) manufactured by Monsanto from 1982-2009. In early 2016, Mr. Pied was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) as a result of using Roundup. Decedent Alice Ogile Foote, mother of Bruce Pied worked alongside her son, in applying Roundup to the farm. As a result of her exposure to Roundup, Ms. Foote was diagnosed with NHL and died of NHL on June 22, 2007. Plaintiffs Taizen Pied and Taen Kelii Pied are the sons of Bruce Pied and grandson of Alice Foote. Pied’s trial against Monsanto is set to start Nov. 29 in Hawaii state court.

Scientific references :

IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans. Some Organophosphate Insecticides and Herbicides. Lyon (FR): International Agency for Research on Cancer; 2017. PMID: 31829533.