Wade v. Monsanto

Reference :

1722-CC00370

Complaint date :

No description

Status :

Not judged

Place of jurisdiction :

United States, Saint Louis, Missouri

Plaintiffs types :

Individuals

Plaintiffs names :

Christopher Wade, Glen Ashelman, Bryce Batiste, Ann Meeks

Defendants :

Monsanto, Osborn Barr

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

Michael Miller, David Dickens, James Corrigan, Perry Weitz

Case nature :

Civil court

Specificities :

Jury

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

Herbicide, Glyphosate, Roundup

Requests :

Compensatory and punitive damages ; awarding Plaintiffs their 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 :

22nd Circuit Court of Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

Jurisdiction level :

Summary :

Four plaintiffs allege that their exposure to Roundup herbicide caused them to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and are set to try their claims together. It is the first Roundup trial to consolidate different plaintiffs’ claims together, and the first in Missouri. On Jan. 15, 2020, Monsanto's motion for summary judgement is denied. Moreover, Judge Hogan ruled that the trial would be open to audio and video recording and broadcast from its beginning through the end of the trial. After two days of voir dire, 16 jurors have been empaneled, and the trial is due to begin on Jan. 24., 2020. That same day, trial is postponed while negociations about a global settlement out of the court are proceeding. On Jan. 31, sources close to the litigation said it has been rescheduled to open on Feb. 5.

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.