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Sep. 8, 2022 DTN reports: LINCOLN, Neb. - Bayer AG appears ready to continue defending Roundup liability cases in court after rejecting a proposed global settlement with all plaintiffs in a federal court in California. The decision comes during the same week the company won its fifth-consecutive trial in a state court over the glyphosate-based product. The U.S. District Court for the District of Northern California has set a case-management hearing, as court documents show Bayer AG doesn't plan to settle on tens of thousands of cases pending. The company has been defending the product against claims it has caused non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in people who have used Roundup. Earlier this year the company lost two appeals to the Supreme Court in connection with two multi-million-dollar verdicts on cases in California. In the northern California court both sides in ongoing liability cases filed a joint case management statement. "Monsanto intends on defending itself in the litigation and will only consider resolving outstanding current cases and claims if it is strategically advantageous to do so," Bayer said in the statement. The plaintiffs asked the court to end the current multidistrict litigation process to free up the remaining cases to go to trial in multiple states across the country. A multidistrict litigation proceeding, known as an MDL, can be used when civil actions in different district courts involve common questions of fact. The cases may be temporarily consolidated and transferred to a single district court for pretrial proceedings, though they remain separate cases. Bayer said in a statement it wants to keep the MDL and does not support a proposed settlement. To read the entire article click here. Tweet |
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