Scott Gilmore et al v. Monsanto et al

Reference :

1:20-cv-01085-MN // 3:21-cv-8159 // MDL 2741

Complaint date :

July 19, 2019

Status :

Provisional judgment

Place of jurisdiction :

United States, California

Plaintiffs types :

Individuals

Plaintiffs names :

Scott Gilmore, Julio Ezcurra, James Weeks, Amanda Boyette, Anthony Jewell, Paul Taylor, Sherry Hanna, Kristy Williams

Defendants :

Monsanto

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

Ryan Casey, Gillian L. Wade, Marc A. Castaneda, Sara D. Avila, Nancy M. Erfle

Case nature :

Civil court

Specificities :

Class action, Multi-district litigation, Stipulated Settlement Agreement

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

Herbicide, Glyphosate, Roundup, HDX, Ace

Requests :

Compensation for false advertising and breach-of-warranty claims surrounding certain Roundup, HDX and Ace weed and grass killer products.

Name of the Court :

District Court (for the Northern District) of California, United States

Jurisdiction level :

Decision date :

June 21, 2022

Decision nature :

Positive

Decision content :

$45 million class action settlement ; The settlement will end claims the company did not declare a cancer risk on its products.

Legal basis :

Court Ruling :

No description

Summary :

The suit claims Monsanto promoted and sold various glyphosate-based weed and grass killers without disclosing their potential cancer risks. Monsanto denies any wrongdoing but in 2021 agreed to pay between $23 million and $45 million to resolve the case. On June 21, 2022, US District Judge Vince Chhabria provisionally approved the payout. The settlement does not relate to personal injury , it only covers false advertising, consumer fraud, breach of warranty and other economic claims, therefore, in the event of illness, claimants will always be able to bring an individual action. It includes 19 Monsanto products containing glyphosate. Anyone in the US who purchased one of the varieties of Roundup, HDX or Ace weed and grass killer covered by the suit for any other reason than resale or distribution is eligible for a cash payment.
The deadline for submitting a claim or opting out of the settlement was October 19, 2022 and the deadline for objecting to the settlement was 5 December 2022.
A final hearing to determine the fairness of the settlement is slated for January 2023. If approved, payments would begin to be issued at some point after that.

Scientific references :

No scientifice reference for this case.