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Litigation & Arbitration

Mar. 8, 2024

Sonoma County couple drops Roundup cancer claim

“Bayer has now won three consecutive victories at trial, and 13 of the last 19 cases where judgments were entered at trial, validating the company’s strategy of taking cases to trial based on strong scientific and regulatory evidence,” said defense attorney Manuel F. Cachan.

Several containers of Roundup on the shelf at a home improvement store in Los Angeles. (Shutterstock)

Pharmaceutical company Bayer AG and its subsidiary, Monsanto Co., scored another win at trial after a Sonoma County couple voluntarily dropped their claim that the weed killer Roundup caused cancer.

Superior Court Judge Christopher M. Honigsberg dismissed the case with prejudice on Tuesday at the plaintiffs’ request after they presented two witnesses. Michael Meyer, a licensed pesticide applicator, claimed that exposure to Roundup caused...

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