Monsanto Moves for Summary Judgment, to Exclude Testimony in Wave 4 Roundup Cases

SAN FRANCISCO –– Monsanto has moved to exclude testimony in the Wave 4 Roundup personal injury cases pending in the multidistrict litigation docket, contesting testimony proffered by the plaintiffs’ general causation experts.

In a Nov. 30 motion filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Monsanto argued that none of the experts had established causation in the Wave 4 cases.

The motion specifically contests testimony of Drs. Christopher Portier, Beate Ritz, Dennis Weisenburger, and Charles Jameson.

“For all four experts, Plaintiff incorporated by reference the experts’ reports and/or testimony in prior Roundup litigation cases,” the motion …