Grape growers v. Bayer et al

Reference :

No description

Complaint date :

June 4, 2021

Status :

Not judged

Place of jurisdiction :

United States, Texas

Plaintiffs types :

Farmers, Economic stakeholders

Plaintiffs names :

Andy Timmons, INC. d/b/a Lost Draw Vineyards + 56 plaintiffs (Cliff Bingham, Chris Brundrett, Dwayne and Brenda Canada...)

Defendants :

Bayer, Monsanto, BASF

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

Andrew S. Hicks, Adam M. Dinnell, Marc S. Tabolsky, Katherine D. Jordan, Ted A. Liggett, Dustin R. Burrows

Case nature :

Administrative

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

Herbicide, Dicamba

Requests :

Award to Plaintiffs: All general and compensatory damages; All special and consequential damages; Punitive and exemplary damages; Pre-judgment interest; Post-judgment interest; Taxable costs of court; and All such other and further relief, both at law and in equity, to which Plaintiffs may be justly entitled

Name of the Court :

District court of Jefferson County of Texas, United States

Jurisdiction level :

Summary :

57 Texas grape growers have experienced damages on 95% of their grape vines, resulting in huge economic loss, due to the use of dicamba herbicide on near-by dicamba-resistant crops. They file a lawsuit against Bayer, Monsanto and BASF in a Texas state court, each seeking a minimum of $1 million in damages. In 2020, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals had banned dicamba because the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had underestimated and ignored many risks that dicamba posed to farmers. But the Trump administration’s EPA re-approved dicamba for five more years and the Biden administration has announced its support for this decision and continues to fight court challenges to the registration of dicamba. On Jan. 10, 2022, Texas vineyard owners win their bid to go ahead in state court with their lawsuit.

Scientific references :

No scientifice reference for this case.