New Jersey: A New Venue for Monsanto Roundup Trials? | New Jersey Law Journal

















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Motley Rice’s Daniel Lapinski filed the Jan. 22 request for multicounty litigation designation of 10 Roundup cases, all of which were filed in New Jersey state courts since Dec. 18, 2023.

January 29, 2024 at 06:08 PM

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What You Need to Know

  • Since 2018, Bayer’s Monsanto has faced Roundup trials in California, Illinois, Missouri, Oregon and Pennsylvania.
  • Motley Rice, in its request, anticipated there would be more than 100 Roundup lawsuits in New Jersey state courts.
  • Juries across the country have come out with 20 verdicts, including a record $2.25 billion award in Philadelphia on Jan. 26.

Bayer’s Monsanto could face Roundup trials in a new venue: New Jersey.

A representative of New Jersey’s Administrative Office of the Courts confirmed that on Tuesday it would begin taking public comments on a request to create a coordinated docket of Roundup trials in New Jersey’s Atlantic County Superior Court.

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