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Opening arguments in Roundup trial: Defense says plaintiff 'has been cured for over 10 years'
The latest lawsuit in Missouri will determine if a woman's non-Hodgkin's lymphoma was caused by the weed killer Roundup
Monsanto settles with plaintiff claiming cancer from QuikPRO in St. Louis trial
Officials of Monsanto and their attorneys decided to pay off a St. Louis plaintiff, a professional landscaper who sued them claiming their weed killer QuikPRO caused him to develop Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, a cancer of the white blood cells.
Chemist co-inventor of QuikPRO grilled about cancer risks in St. Louis Monsanto trial
A co-inventor of the Monsanto Roundup product called QuikPRO was questioned by plaintiff attorneys on its alleged dangers on Wednesday, in a lawsuit filed by a professional landscaper who used the product on St. Louis properties including the grounds of Monsanto’s headquarters.
Trial in St. Louis to decide if Monsanto weed killer caused man’s lymphoma cancer
Trial began Tuesday in St. Louis in a lawsuit accusing Monsanto and its weed killer Roundup of causing a man’s lymphoma (cancer), and this hearing will be a little different than past such trials in that the product in question is a more potent version called “QuikPRO.”
Jury decides in favor of Monsanto in St. Louis Roundup trial
Jury decides in favor of Monsanto in St. Louis Roundup trial
Monsanto trial to go to jury after defense witness tells court plaintiffs’ cancer likely from cell replication, not Roundup
After questioning an oncology professor called as an expert witness on Tuesday and Wednesday, defense attorneys rested their case and now a lawsuit accusing Monsanto of causing the cancers of three plaintiffs with its weed killer Roundup will go to a jury to decide.
Defense witness says random bad luck more likely cause of cancer in Roundup trial
An expert witness for the defense in a trial to determine if Monsanto's weed killer Roundup caused the cancers of three plaintiffs told a courtroom on Monday and Tuesday it’s much more likely the cancer was caused by simple bad luck rather than exposure to a pesticide.
Attorneys spar over medical slides evidence in Monsanto Roundup trial
In a trial to determine if Monsanto’s weed killer Roundup caused the cancer of three claimants, plaintiff attorney Gibbs Henderson sparred with a defense expert during cross examination Thursday over pathology evidence.
Plaintiff attorneys portray expert defense witness as counter-science PR planner
Plaintiff attorneys on Wednesday tried undercutting the testimony of an expert witness called in the defense of Monsanto; Saying that company employees concocted their own bogus science to counter a finding of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)---that the weed killer Roundup probably causes cancer.
Defense expert witness says Roundup is not the cause of cancer
In the fourth week of trial, attorneys for defendant Monsanto called expert witnesses, including a company toxicologist who told a jury on Monday that weed killer Roundup did not cause the non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma cancer of three plaintiffs.
Plaintiff lawyers attempt to discredit Monsanto's scientific study in Roundup trial
Attorneys for three plaintiffs suing Monsanto for its weed killer product Roundup played a five-year-old deposition tape at trial on Friday, alleging the company tried to undo with their own study, a finding by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), that the chemical is a carcinogen.
Second plaintiff testifies, telling court he was unaware of Roundup danger in Monsanto trial
One of three plaintiffs suing Monsanto for its weed killer Roundup that he claims caused him to develop non-Hodgkins lymphoma (cancer) said he used the product as a spray to kill weeds and was unmindful of the chemical’s danger.
Tearful plaintiff tells court Roundup use caused her cancer in Monsanto trial
Her testimony interrupted by fighting back tears, one of three plaintiffs suing Monsanto for its weed killer Roundup she claimed caused her to develop non-Hodgkins lymphoma described for a jury her harrowing experience with the disease.
Defense in Monsanto trial blaming Roundup for cancers says proof lacking
Attorneys defending Monsanto in a trial accusing the company’s weed killer Roundup of causing the cancers in three plaintiffs said that while some studies show a possible (cancer) link and some do not---absolute proof is lacking.
Plaintiff attorneys counter defense lawyers accusing toxicologist of being unreliable in Roundup trial
Plaintiff attorneys on Thursday sought to undo allegations made by lawyers for Monsanto, that an expert witness toxicologist is unqualified to testify that the company’s weed killer Roundup is a carcinogen that caused the cancers of three people.
Defense attorney tries to discredit plaintiff witness qualifications in St. Louis Roundup trial
A defense attorney in a trial accusing Monsanto and its weed killer Roundup of causing cancer in three people on Tuesday attacked the qualifications and resume of a toxicologist called as a plaintiff witness.
Defense attorney for Monsanto portrays plaintiff witness as well paid litigation mouthpiece
In a trial accusing Monsanto maker of the weed killer Roundup of causing the cancers of three people, defense attorneys on Friday sought to portray a plaintiff witness who said the chemical is a carcinogen as a well-paid mouthpiece of those suing the company.
Trial opens in St. Louis, three plaintiffs accusing Monsanto’s Roundup for causing cancers
Trial opened Wednesday in St. Louis with three plaintiffs accusing Monsanto and its weed control pesticide Roundup for causing their lymphoma-type cancers, a claim that defense attorneys for the company will say is more likely caused by abnormal human cell division.
Jury decides asbestos in Ford brake drums caused man’s mesothelioma, awards $20 million
On Thursday a jury decided that Ford brake drums containing asbestos caused a man to develop mesothelioma 53 years later and awarded William Trokey and his wife Kathy $10 million each.
Woman recounts pain of watching husband with mesothelioma in asbestos exposure trial
Kathy Trokey told a St. Louis courtroom what it felt like to watch her husband Bill suffer with mesothelioma in a trial to decide if his work on Ford autos replacing brake drums with asbestos in the 1960’s caused him to develop the deadly cancer of the lungs 53 years later.