Sharlean Gordon v. Monsanto

Reference :

17SL-CC02721

Complaint date :

July 28, 2017

Status :

Final judgment

Place of jurisdiction :

United States, St Louis County

Plaintiffs types :

Individuals

Plaintiffs names :

James Adams Jr., Susan Alvine, Ramon Ambrocio, Jack Banks, David Barzelay, Vickie Blevins, Gary Brambora, Harold Bream, Angela Brown, Pamela Brown, Linda Butler, Dennis Campbell, Jacqueline Cardoza, Major Carter, James Cashion, Joseph Cina, Sherrie Cocklin, Dara Courtney-Baxter, Sherry Curry, Donald Dickens, Dean Divins, Julia Farey, Joseph Flauto, Chance Franklin, Robert Fuchs, Robert Garlow, Sharlean Gordon, Terry Harmon, Kenneth Haupt, Derrell Hendrix, Craig Hoskins, Stephen Keleher, Michael Kennebeck, Christopher Kryzewski, Marilee Landis, Carol Lindsey, Ronald Lyle, Marc Malinoff, Amanda Markovich, Bennie Mizell, Richard Morgan, Stanley Mucha, Kenneth Richardson, George Sanders, Eric Simmons, Justin Sinor, Timothy Skulski, Gayle Sobel, Christopher Soehner, Joseph Stella, Anne Stephens, Gary Tollison, Thomas Tomczak, Richard West, Richard Wright, Shirley Broyles, Ruth Columbo, Gary Cooper, Kelley Cumbie, Estelle Davis, Steve Goodman, Margaret Gorski, Marvin Green, Maureen Hagele, +

Defendants :

Monsanto

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

Tor Hoerman, Kenneth J. Brennan, Aimee Wagstaff, Andrus Wagstaff

Case nature :

Civil court

Specificities :

Jury

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

Herbicide, Glyphosate, Roundup

Requests :

Compensatory and punitive damages in an amount in excess of $25,000.00, together with interest, costs herein incurred, and all such other and further relief as this Court deems just and proper. Plaintiffs also demand a jury trial on the issues contained herein.

Name of the Court :

Missouri Circuit Court, 21st Judicial Circuit of St Louis County, United States

Jurisdiction level :

Decision date :

May 23, 2023

Decision nature :

Negative

Decision content :

No description

Legal basis :

No description

Court Ruling :

No description

Summary :

77 plaintiffs from different states allege that their use of Roundup caused them to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL).

Among the plaintiffs is Illinois resident Sharlean Gordon, who bought and used Roundup for at least 15 consecutive years until around 2017, and was diagnosed with a form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2006. She claims to have developed this lymphoma as a result of her exposure to glyphosate. Her lawyers have asked for $36 million in damages, accusing Monsanto, now Bayer, of continuing to sell Roundup despite knowing that it posed a cancer risk. On May 23, 2023, a St. Louis County jury returned a verdict in favor of Monsanto.

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.