John Fenton v. Monsanto Australia

Reference :

NSD1971/2019

Complaint date :

November 27, 2019

Status :

Not judged

Place of jurisdiction :

Australia, Melbourne

Plaintiffs types :

Farm/rural workers, Farmers

Plaintiffs names :

John Fenton

Defendants :

Monsanto

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

Matthew Berenger, Guy Donnellan

Case nature :

Civil court

Specificities :

Class action

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

Roundup, Glyphosate, Herbicide

Requests :

Declare that Defendant is financially responsible for notifying all Class members of the link between Roundup and NHL; Compensatory and punitive damages ; awarding Plaintiffs their costs...

Name of the Court :

Federal Court of Melbourne, Australia

Jurisdiction level :

Summary :

This class action represents those who have suffered loss as a consequence of allegued exposure to Roundup and have contracted Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. The class action alleges that Monsanto knew or ought to have known that Roundup was inherently unsafe and the company failed to provide suitable directions for use. On June 9, 2020, the court decides that the Fenton Proceedings will be stayed until further order of the court or until reasons for judgment have been delivered at any initial trial of the McNickle Proceedings.

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.