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Civil Litigation

Feb. 26, 2019

Judge blasts plaintiff’s attorney for ‘dumb’ violation of his ruling

The federal judge overseeing hundreds of cases arguing Monsanto’s weedkillers cause cancer wasted no time reining in an attorney who tried to sneak inadmissible evidence into opening statements Monday.

SAN FRANCISCO -- The federal judge overseeing hundreds of cases arguing Monsanto's weedkillers cause cancer wasted no time reining in an attorney who tried to sneak inadmissible evidence into opening statements Monday.

After months of evidentiary hearings in which he established the first phase of the trial would only consider causation, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria...