Kathleen Caballero v. Monsanto

Reference :

*******5736 MSC19-01821

Complaint date :

June 5, 2019

Status :

Not judged

Place of jurisdiction :

United States, San Francisco County

Plaintiffs types :

Landscapers, Farmers

Plaintiffs names :

Kathleen Caballero

Defendants :

Monsanto, John Does 1-50, Wilbur-Ellis

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

Curtis G. Hoke, Michael Miller, Steven Brady

Case nature :

Civil court

Specificities :

Jury

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

Herbicide, Glyphosate, Roundup

Requests :

Compensatory and punitive damages ; awarding Plaintiff her costs, expenses, and reasonable attorney’s fees incurred in this matter; further relief as the Court deems just and proper. Demand for Jury Trial.

Name of the Court :

Contra Costa Superior Court of San Francisco County, United States

Jurisdiction level :

Summary :

Plaintiff alleges that she developed non-Hodgkins lymphoma following regular use of Roundup from 1977 to 2018, both in her gardening and landscaping business, as well as while owning a farm where she grew peaches and sugar cane. Jury selection started on Jan. 17, 2020 and 16 jurors have been selected. The trial itself was slated to begin on Jan. 31. But instead of proceeding with opening statements, it has been postponed indefinitely, with a case management conference set for March 31.

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.