When you lose a loved one due to someone else’s actions, you may experience many emotions. Naturally, you feel grief and anger. You may also wonder how you can achieve justice for your loved one and prevent others from experiencing similar harm. At Gerling Law, we can’t take away your pain. However, we can help you pursue justice. We...
Continue ReadingJanuary 13, 2021 — The lawyers for Jaime Alvarez Calderon, a plaintiff diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma following his use of glyphosate-based herbicides, agreed to a settlement offered by Bayer. The Alvarez family lawyer, David Diamond, announced in a hearing on January 13, 2021, that the settlement would close out the case. The settlement came after Judge Chhabria had denied...
Continue ReadingA 35-year-old woman was diagnosed with mesothelioma. The doctors found the cancer, which is most commonly found in men 70 years and older, in Heather Von St. James lung after she complained of shortness of breath after having a C-section. Doctors believe Von St. James was exposed to asbestos when she was a child and would wear her father’s...
Continue ReadingDec. 8, 2016 – Multiple Atrium C-Qur lawsuits are consolidated into MDL No. 2753 in the U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire. For more updates and information about joining a lawsuit, please visit our Hernia Mesh Lawyers page. References U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire, https://www.nhd.uscourts.gov/multi-district-litigation-mdl.
Continue ReadingDecember 1, 2020 — Not only does Bayer face consequences from Monsanto’s Roundup, but the company is also suffering from Monsanto’s liability in polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) pollution cases and cases where crop damage was a result of Monsanto’s dicamba herbicide-based crop system. Within the past week, Bayer proposed a payment of $648 million to settle litigation where plaintiffs alleged...
Continue ReadingDecember 1, 2020 — Bayer has lost all three of its Roundup trials. The company is continuing its attempt at overturning the results of those trials even though the appeals do not look promising for Bayer. The first trial, Johnson v. Monsanto, found that Monsanto was liable for Dewayne “Lee” Johnson’s cancer at the appellate court level. In October...
Continue ReadingDecember 1, 2020 — Bayer is making significant progress toward settling thousands of U.S. Roundup lawsuits. A large percentage of the plaintiffs involved in the lawsuits are choosing to participate in the settlement, even if they expect to receive what they consider to be unfair payouts. According to a letter sent to plaintiffs in late November 2020 by one...
Continue ReadingNovember 9, 2020 — U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco is still in charge of almost 2,000 unresolved Roundup cases at this point in time. According to Bayer, 1,861 out of the 3,787 of the plaintiffs have not settled. Judge Chhabria paused the litigation and gave Bayer until November 2 to settle. Because Judge Chhabria did not...
Continue ReadingNovember 3, 2020 — Bayer has stated that it expects to pay $2 billion to resolve future claims that Roundup causes cancer. Its initial estimate for this amount was $1.25 billion. Reference: “Roundup Lawsuit: Roundup Lawyer: Roundup Lawsuit Settlements.” TorHoerman Law, Publisher Name TorHoerman Law Publisher Logo, 4 Nov. 2020, https://www.torhoermanlaw.com/chemical-exposure-case-types/roundup/
Continue ReadingOctober 22, 2020 — The California Supreme Court refused to review the Roundup trial entitled Johnson vs. Monsanto. Bayer lost the trial to Dewayne “Lee” Johnson and his attorneys. A unanimous jury found in August 2018 that Johnson’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma was attributed to his use of Roundup. So far, Bayer has had three trials relating to the Roundup litigation...
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