Trial Expected to Begin this Month in California Roundup Personal Injury Suit

SAN FRANCISCO –– Trial is expected to begin this month in a Roundup personal injury suit against Monsanto, sources told HarrisMartin, with a hearing to assign a trial judge to the proceedings scheduled for June 18.

In a recent reply brief filed June 12 in the California Superior Court for San Francisco County, plaintiff DeWayne Johnson supported his in limine motion to exclude evidence or testimony regarding attorney retention and advertising, arguing that the introduction of evidence that Monsanto was on notice from other Roundup litigation “does not open the door to Monsanto to introduce evidence of attorney retention and …