Supreme Court shuts down thousands of lawsuits that claim Roundup weedkiller might cause cancer
The 7-2 ruling says federal labeling rules bar state failure-to-warn claims, a decision expected to affect about 200,000 Roundup-related claims.
- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7–2 on Thursday in favor of Monsanto , dealing a massive legal victory to the agrochemical giant by heavily restricting the ability of cancer patients to sue over the weedkiller Roundup.
- The landmark decision establishes that federal regulation overrides state law, with Justice Brett Kavanaugh writing for the majority that because the EPA evaluated glyphosate and explicitly determined it does not require a cancer warning, state-level "failure to warn" lawsuits are legally preempted.
- The ruling severely handicaps a wave of roughly 200,000 product liability claims, shutting the door on tens of thousands of pending lawsuits filed by home users and groundskeepers who allege they developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma from the product.
- The case centered on Missouri resident John Durnell, who was awarded $1.25 million by a state jury in 2023 after using Roundup for over two decades to beautify local parks; Thursday’s high court decision effectively invalidates those state court findings.
- The decision creates a complex political rift for the Trump administration, as the ruling aligns with the administration's business deregulation goals but severely frustrates Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the "Make America Healthy Again" movement, which has fiercely campaigned to outlaw glyphosate.
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The chemical company Bayer has won a decisive victory before the U.S. Supreme Court in the billion-dollar dispute over the alleged cancer risks of its weed destroyer Glyphosate. With its decision, the Supreme Court's judges removed thousands of lawsuits for allegedly insufficient cancer warnings.
Thousands of lawsuits withdrawn Legal basis: Bayer wins important US process around glyphosate
Liberal justice scorches Supreme Court colleagues over 'remarkable and regrettable' ruling
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson called out the majority following a 7-2 Supreme Court ruling that sided with pesticide manufacturers and determined the EPA is the arbiter — not state courts — to decide on cancer warnings on labels.The ruling in Monsanto v. Durnell reversed the Missouri Court of Appeal...
Supreme Court tosses $1.25 million verdict for man who says Roundup caused his cancer
The Supreme Court on Thursday sided against a Missouri man who claimed that the herbicide Roundup caused his cancer, backing an argument from the product’s manufacturer that the lawsuit should have been barred because the federal government does not require a cancer warning on the label.
In the years of glyphosate dispute, the U.S. Supreme Court decided on Thursday that the approval requirements of the U.S. federal authorities take precedence over the rights of individuals ... The post Bayer wins over the Supreme Court in the glyphosate dispute appeared first on Apollo News.
Victory for the Bayer Group in the billion-dollar dispute over alleged cancer risks of its weed destroyer Glyphosate: The U.S. Supreme Court has removed thousands of lawsuits for allegedly inadequate warnings.
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