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Former Professional Football Player Sues Monsanto For Causing His Cancer
BOISE, Idaho - A former professional football player on July 8 sued Monsanto Co. in Idaho federal court contending that he developed cancer as a result of exposure to glyphosate, the active ingredient in the herbicide Roundup, which he says the company misrepresented as safe (Merril Hoge v. Monsanto Company, No. 19-252, D. Idaho). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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Glyphosate Cancer Victim: Appeal Of Award Reduction 'Ripe' For 9th Circuit Review
SAN FRANCISCO - A glyphosate cancer victim whose award was reduced from $75 million to $20 million by a federal judge in California filed a brief on July 26 in the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals contending that his appeal is ripe for review (Edwin Hardeman v. Monsanto Company, No. 196255, 9th Cir.). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News - August 6, 2019 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news

Judge Cuts $2.05B Award Against Monsanto, Denies JNOV In Glyphosate Cancer Case
OAKLAND, Calif. - The California state judge presiding over a glyphosate cancer case on July 25 denied Monsanto Co.'s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) but conditionally granted the company's motion for a new trial unless the plaintiff couple accepts a reduced award from $2,055,206,172.77 to $86,742,310 (Alva Pilliod, et al. v. Monsanto Company, No. RG17862702, Calif. Super., Alameda Co.). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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Federal Judge Refuses To Lift Stay Of Clean Water Act Suit
COLUMBIA, Tenn. - A federal judge in Tennessee on July 8 denied a plaintiff company's motion to lift a stay on its claims under the Clean Water Act (CWA) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), finding that the stay is intended to postpone the court's jurisdiction over the claims while they are resolved in similar proceedings before a state court and the U.S. Supreme Court (StarLink Logistics Inc. v. ACC LLC, et al., No. 12-cv-00011, M.D. Tenn., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 113723). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News - July 24, 2019 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news

Panel Upholds Dismissal Of False Claims Act Suit Over Isocyanate's Risks
WASHINGTON, D.C.- A District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on July 5 affirmed the dismissal of a law firm's False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit against companies that manufactured products containing isocyanate, holding that the companies could not face liability under the FCA for allegedly failing to comply with the Toxic Substances Control Act's (TSCA) reporting requirements about the danger to humans associated with the chemical (United States, ex rel. Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP v. BASF Corporation, et al., No. 18-7123, D.C. Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 20056). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emergi...
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News - July 24, 2019 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news

Panel: Residents Not Entitled To Restitution Related To California Methane Leak
LOS ANGELES - An appellate panel in California on July 9 ruled that residents who opposed a plea agreement struck between a district attorney and the company that was liable for a methane leak are not entitled to direct victim restitution related to the incident (Demetrius Crump, et al. v. Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles, et al., No. B292786, Calif. App., 2nd Dist., 2019 Cal. App. LEXIS 622). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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Plaintiffs: Paint Companies' Motions For JNOV Fail; Injuries Were Not 'Remote'
MILWAUKEE - The plaintiffs who won $6 million against the former makers of lead-based paint on July 5 filed a brief in Wisconsin federal court contending that the defendants' arguments that they are entitled to judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) fail because "no plaintiff's injury was too remote from the conduct of any of the defendants" (Glenn Burton v. American Cyanamid, et al., No. 07-0303, E.D. Wis.). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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$305M Lead Paint Deal Reached By California Municipalities And Paint Companies
SAN FRANCISCO - Ten California cities and counties on July 17 reached a $305 million deal with three former manufacturers of lead-based paint to address hazards and end nearly 20 years of litigation (The People of the State of California v. ConAgra Grocery Products, et al., No. 1-00-CV-788657, Calif. Super., San Francisco Co.). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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Panel Vacates, Remands Water Contamination Case For 'Fact Intensive Inquiry'
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A panel of the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 19 vacated and remanded a case for a "fact intensive inquiry" regarding the accrual of claims brought by two California water districts against the U.S. government related to hexavalent chromium contamination in local groundwater (Rio Linda Elverta Community Water District, et al. v. United States, No. 2018-1761 and No. 2018-1762, Fed. Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 21399). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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Chevron: District Court Should Award More Than $3.43M In Lago Agrio Fees
NEW YORK - Chevron Corp. on July 8 filed a reply brief in New York federal court contending that its motion for attorney fees should be approved in the long-running litigation against Steven R. Donziger, the attorney who won an $18.5 billion judgment against Chevron in a court in Ecuador for injuries only to have it reversed. Specifically, the company says Donziger has failed to contest the merits of the motion (Chevron Corporation v. Steven Donziger, No. 11-691, S.D. N.Y.). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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C8 Chemical Plaintiffs: DuPont's Motion To Exclude Experts Should Be Denied
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A group of plaintiffs in the multidistrict litigation against E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. for alleged injuries connected to exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid (known as C8) on July 15 filed a brief in Ohio federal court contending that the district court should deny DuPont's motion to exclude the testimony of their experts (In re: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. C8 Personal Injury Litigation, MDL No. 2433, No. 13-2433, S.D. Ohio). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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3M: Aqueous Foam Plaintiffs Have Not Sustained Injuries; Dismissal Proper
CHARLESTON, S.C. - The 3M Co. on July 16 filed a general denial of all claims and affirmative defenses in the multidistrict litigation related to aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) products in South Carolina federal court, denying that any plaintiffs have sustained injuries and contending that there is not sufficient grounds for relief (In re: Aqueous Film Forming Foams Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2873, D. S.C.). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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Flint Water Defendant Files Notice Listing Other Parties Liable For Contamination
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - One of the defendants in the lawsuit brought by residents of Flint, Mich., related to the lead-contaminated water crisis in the city on July 12 filed a notice of nonparties at fault, contending that it is not liable because its involvement with the crisis occurred more than nine months after the contamination began (In re Flint Water Cases, No. 16-10444, E.D. Mich.). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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$2.05B Glyphosate Award Valid, Monsanto Not Entitled To New Trial, Cancer Victims Say
OAKLAND, Calif. - A couple who was awarded $2,055,206,172.77 in total damages for cancer caused by exposure to Monsanto Co.'s chemical glyphosate on July 1 filed a brief in California court arguing that Monsanto is not entitled to a new trial because the evidence supports the verdict (Alva Pilliod, et al. v. Monsanto Company, No. RG17862702, Calif. Super., Alameda Co.). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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Judge Remands Glyphosate Cancer Case To Montana State Court
GREAT FALLS, Mont. - A federal judge in Montana on July 17 remanded a glyphosate cancer lawsuit to state court, concluding that the plaintiffs sufficiently pleaded allegations against a local employee of Monsanto Co., the maker of the herbicide Roundup, who promoted it as safe (Terry Knox, et al. v. Monsanto Company, et al., No. 19-36, D. Mont., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 119133). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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