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FEDERAL JURY RULES IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFF IN GLYPHOSATE TRIAL, ON TO SECOND ROUND
Mar. 20, 2019
Agri-Pulse reports:
A federal jury in San Francisco concluded Tuesday that exposure to Roundup was a "substantial factor" in causing a Santa Rosa man's Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, triggering a second phase of the trial to determine whether Monsanto is liable for damages.
Before returning its verdict Tuesday afternoon, the six-person jury had deliberated for five days without a verdict, leading to speculation there might be a mistrial.
Edwin Hardeman, 70, who used Roundup regularly for more than 20 years, "is pleased that the jury unanimously held that Roundup caused his Non-Hodgkin lymphoma," his lawyers, Aimee Wagstaff of Andrus Wagstaff and Jennifer Moore of Moore Law Group, said. "Now we can focus on the evidence that Monsanto has not taken a responsible, objective approach to the safety of Roundup.
"Instead, it is clear from Monsanto's actions that it does not particularly care whether its product is in fact giving people cancer, focusing instead on manipulating public opinion and undermining anyone who raises genuine and legitimate concerns about the issue," they added, quoting virtually word for word a pretrial order issued by District Judge Vincent Chhabria.
In that order, the judge also said "the plaintiffs have presented a great deal of evidence that Monsanto has not taken a responsible, objective approach to the safety of its product. Thus, assuming a jury finding that Roundup causes NHL, there is sufficient evidence for the plaintiffs to argue that Monsanto could have reached this conclusion on its own had it investigated the issue responsibly and objectively."
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