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LAWYERS SAY PROPOSED SETTLEMENT WITH MONSANTO IS A "SWEETHEART DEAL"
May 26, 2026
Agri-Pulse reports:
Bayer subsidiary Monsanto is disputing claims that a proposed $7.25 billion class action settlement of Roundup litigation is unconstitutional.
Lawyers for plaintiffs suing Monsanto over claims that Roundup exposure caused their non Hodgkin lymphoma have objected in Missouri state court to the proposed settlement. They have also filed a notice in federal court in Missouri seeking to move the case there.
"The class seeks to bind a group of millions upon millions of people, many who have not been conceived and millions who are children, to the terms of the settlement via a so-called 'futures' subclass reaching anyone who 'saw' anyone using Roundup. Such a class is unconstitutional and unprecedented in the annals of U.S. jurisprudence," according to a court filing by the plaintiffs' lawyers.
To view the court filing click here.
Bayer released a statement saying it remains "confident that the long-term and well-financed proposed class settlement plan, which is supported by plaintiff law firms representing thousands of potential class members, is fair to all claimants, and warrants approval by the court," according to an article in The New Lede.
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