SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A panel of judges has shut the door on an attempt by Bayer (OTCMKTS: BAYZF) and its Monsanto subsidiary to quietly settle a group of lawsuits under terms that threatened to restrict much larger multidistrict litigation (MDL) over the herbicide Roundup, potentially affecting thousands of cancer victims and even those not yet diagnosed.
The Oct. 8 ruling by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation relates to a group of lawsuits focusing on Monsanto's failure to warn consumers who simply purchased the products. But important terms of the settlement could potentially extend to lawsuits filed by cancer victims. In its order, the judicial panel transferred the lawsuits and the proposed settlement to U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco, who presides over the larger cancer-related MDL. Judge Chhabria has twice rejected settlements proposed by Monsanto.
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