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Cancer Victim: Monsanto Knowingly Misrepresented Safety Of Roundup
PHILADELPHIA - A couple sued Monsanto Co. on Sept. 5 in Pennsylvania federal court contending that the company is liable for causing the wife's cancer from exposure to the herbicide Roundup, which contains the active ingredient glyphosate. The couple maintains that Monsanto misrepresented the safety of Roundup while it had knowledge of the carcinogenic properties of glyphosate (Mary Anne Merchant, et al. v. Monsanto Company, No. 19-4043, E.D. Pa.). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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Couple: Monsanto's Herbicide Roundup Caused Cancer; Company Had Knowledge
TRENTON, N.J. - A couple sued Monsanto Co. in New Jersey federal court on Sept. 9, contending that it is liable for causing the husband's cancer because the active ingredient in the herbicide Roundup is glyphosate, which the company has known is a carcinogen for decades (Peter Savvis, et al. v. Monsanto Company, No. 19-17754, D. N.J.). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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En Banc Missouri High Court: Venue Transfer Issue 'Moot'; Glyphosate Case Proceeds
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - The Missouri Supreme Court sitting en banc on Sept. 9 ruled that a dispute over the proper venue for a glyphosate cancer lawsuit against Monsanto related to its herbicide Roundup has been settled because the plaintiff withdrew his opposition to the company's writ for a transfer of venue (State ex rel. Monsanto v. Hon. Michael K. Mullen, No. SC98009, Mo. Sup.). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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Judge Says Expert's Opinions On Migration Of Contaminated Groundwater Are Reliable
TRENTON, N.J. - An expert's testimony that contaminated groundwater containing the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) traveled from the site of a gas station with underground storage tanks (USTs) to domestic water supply wells is reliable because it is based on sound methodology, a federal judge in New Jersey ruled Aug. 28 in denying three defendant companies' motions to exclude the expert's opinions under Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993) (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection v. Amerada Hess Corp., et al., No. 15-6468, D. N.J., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 146336). (...
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Development Company Appeals Tainted Groundwater Case To 1st Circuit
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The Puerto Rico Industrial Development Co. (PRIDCO) on Aug. 19 filed a notice in a federal court in Puerto Rico that it is appealing to the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals the lower court's ruling ordering it to pay $5.3 million to the government for costs incurred pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) related to remediation of toxins at the Maunabo Area Groundwater Contamination Superfund site (United States v. Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company, No. 15-2328, D. Puerto Rico). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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Plaintiffs Say Whole Foods' Bottled Water Contains Arsenic
LOS ANGELES - Three individuals on Aug. 26 sued Whole Foods Market Inc. in California federal court contending that they have been exposed to arsenic in bottled water sold at Whole Food that is incorrectly marketed as "pure" (David Berke, et al. v. Whole Foods Market Inc., et al., No. 19-7471, C.D. Calif.). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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Newark Gets $120M Loan To Replace Lead Pipes As Water Crisis Continues
NEWARK, N.J. - New Jersey officials on Aug. 26 announced that the Essex County Improvement Authority has agreed to loan the city of Newark $120 million to replace water service lines made of lead, which are leaching the toxin into the residential water supply. (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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EPA Proposes Changes That Would Rescind Regulations On Methane, Other Toxins
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Aug. 29 proposed amendments to New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the oil and natural gas industry that would rescind regulations on emissions of methane, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and greenhouse gases. (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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Wyoming: 2016 Methane Rule Exceeded Authority; Revision Was Proper
SAN FRANCISCO - The state of Wyoming on Aug. 26 moved in California federal court for dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the states of California and Wyoming against the Trump administration related to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) revision of a 2016 rule that regulated venting and flaring of methane gas at hydraulic fracturing facilities. The state contends that the revision was proper because the BLM exceeded its statutory authority when it issued the rule in 2016 (California, et al. v. Ryan Zinke, et al., No. 18-5712, N.D. Calif.). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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Judge Approves 3rd Co-Signer To Meet Bond Requirements In Donziger Criminal Case
NEW YORK - A federal judge in New York on Aug. 23 ordered the court clerk to amend the bond permit issued in the criminal proceeding 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, to permit the signature of a third co-signer so that an additional surety can sign it and post property to satisfy criminal bond requirements (In re: United States v. Steven Donziger, No. 19-CR-561, S.D. N.Y.). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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Panel Reverses; Flint Residents Entitled To Have Water Restitution Claims Heard
DETROIT - An appellate panel in Michigan on Aug. 22 reversed and remanded a lawsuit by residents of the city of Flint, Mich., who sued the city for reimbursement of the money they paid for drinking water service on grounds that they should not have had to pay for water that was not potable due to the lead-contaminated water crisis in the city (Doris Collins, et al. v. Flint, No. 345203, Mich. App., 2019 Mich. App. LEXIS 4913). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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Flint Defendants: 6th Circuit Should Reverse; Bodily Integrity Claim Fails
CINCINNATI - Some of the defendants in the Flint lead-contaminated water crisis litigation on Aug. 22 filed an opening appeal brief in the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, arguing that it should reverse a district court's decision and rule that the plaintiffs have failed to state a substantive due process bodily integrity claim (Luke Waid, et al. v. Richard D. Snyder, et al., No. 19-1425, 6th Cir.). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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Man Says Monsanto's Herbicide Roundup Caused His Cancer
MINNEAPOLIS - A cancer victim on Aug. 28 sued Monsanto Co. in Minnesota federal court, contending that it is responsible for causing his non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) as a result of manufacturing and distributing the herbicide Roundup, which contains the active ingredient glyphosate (Jared Meis v. Monsanto Company, No. 19-2370, D. Minn.). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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Cancer Victim Says Monsanto Falsely Advertised The Safety Of Its Herbicide Roundup
ST. LOUIS - A cancer victim on Aug. 28 sued Monsanto Co. in Missouri federal court, contending that glyphosate, the active ingredient in the company's herbicide Roundup, caused him to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and that Monsanto falsely advertised the safety of the product while it had knowledge of glyphosate's carcinogenicity (Kenneth Jilk v. Monsanto Co., No. N/A, E.D. Mo.). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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Monsanto Removes Glyphosate Case, Says Local Defendants Fraudulently Joined
SAN FRANCISCO - Monsanto Co. on Aug. 20 removed to California federal court a glyphosate cancer case in which it contends that the plaintiffs fraudulently joined local defendants in an effort to keep the case in state court (Percival Veloro and Maribon Veloro v. Monsanto Company, et al., No. 19-5187, N.D. Calif.). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
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