Bumper Crop Of Roundup Lawsuits

2016 - Volume #40, Issue #6, Page #05

[ Sample Stories From This Issue | List of All Stories In This Issue | Print this story | Read this issue]

If you or someone you know has non-Hodgkins Lymphoma (NHL) and has been exposed to Roundup from Monsanto, hundreds of law firms are looking for you. Studies linking Roundup to an increase in NHL have resulted in a lot of lawsuits targeting Monsanto.
  “We have about 800 cases in all,” says a spokesman for The Miller Firm, LLC, which has been advertising recently in farm magazines. “Most cases are settled out of court.”
  According to the Miller representative, the lawsuits are now in the discovery phase. “We have several hundred thousand documents to go through,” he says.
  It is this phase where lawyers hope to find the smoking gun that says the defendant, in this case Monsanto, knew their product could cause problems.
  The Miller firm isn’t the only one planning lawsuits against Monsanto. A quick search via Google reveals a long list of firms claiming to be representing or seeking clients. Type in non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Roundup lawsuit, and you’ll get more than 200,000 results.
  The law firms are basing their claims on a 2015 report from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a division of the World Health Organization. It found glyphosate to be “probably carcinogenic”. Monsanto denies there is any problem. A CBS news story updated in August 2016 quoted a Monsanto researcher as disagreeing with the IARC findings.
  Dr. Donna Farmer was quoted in the story as saying, “I can tell you glyphosate is safe. The data that they looked at, they cherry picked it, and then they interpreted the studies completely different than the researcher who actually did the work.”
  Is there a downside to joining lawsuits like these? A report released by the Credit Union National Association, the trade association for state and federally chartered credit unions, identifies downsides to class action lawsuits. Author Darla Dernovsek pointed out that actual payouts are often small.
  In some cases the people doing the suing can be countersued or held liable for costs. When a group of cattlemen sued beef packer IBP in the late 1990’s, an appeals court assigned IBP’s legal costs to the cattlemen when overturning a lower court’s ruling.
  Dernovsek advises making sure any materials you sign spell out your potential liability. If you’re not sure, consult an attorney not involved in the case.
  Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, The Miller Firm, LLC (ph 800 882-2525; roundupcompensation.com) or dozens of other firms now advertising for clients.

Click here to download page story appeared in.

Click here to read entire issue

Bumper Crop Of Roundup Lawsuits CROPS Miscellaneous If you or someone you know has non-Hodgkins Lymphoma NHL and has been exposed to Roundup from Monsanto hundreds of law firms are looking for you Studies linking Roundup to an increase in NHL have resulted in a lot of lawsuits targeting Monsanto “We have about 800 cases in all ” says a spokesman for The Miller Firm LLC which has been advertising recently in farm magazines “Most cases are settled out of court ” According to the Miller representative the lawsuits are now in the discovery phase “We have several hundred thousand documents to go through ” he says It is this phase where lawyers hope to find the smoking gun that says the defendant in this case Monsanto knew their product could cause problems The Miller firm isn’t the only one planning lawsuits against Monsanto A quick search via Google reveals a long list of firms claiming to be representing or seeking clients Type in non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Roundup lawsuit and you’ll get more than 200 000 results The law firms are basing their claims on a 2015 report from the International Agency for Research on Cancer IARC a division of the World Health Organization It found glyphosate to be “probably carcinogenic” Monsanto denies there is any problem A CBS news story updated in August 2016 quoted a Monsanto researcher as disagreeing with the IARC findings Dr Donna Farmer was quoted in the story as saying “I can tell you glyphosate is safe The data that they looked at they cherry picked it and then they interpreted the studies completely different than the researcher who actually did the work ” Is there a downside to joining lawsuits like these? A report released by the Credit Union National Association the trade association for state and federally chartered credit unions identifies downsides to class action lawsuits Author Darla Dernovsek pointed out that actual payouts are often small In some cases the people doing the suing can be countersued or held liable for costs When a group of cattlemen sued beef packer IBP in the late 1990’s an appeals court assigned IBP’s legal costs to the cattlemen when overturning a lower court’s ruling Dernovsek advises making sure any materials you sign spell out your potential liability If you’re not sure consult an attorney not involved in the case Contact: FARM SHOW Followup The Miller Firm LLC ph 800 882-2525; roundupcompensation com or dozens of other firms now advertising for clients

To read the rest of this story, download this issue below or click here to register with your account number.

SUBSCRIBE OR RENEW NOW