Torts/Personal Injury
Nov. 9, 2026
Monsanto's Missouri victory puts pressure on San Francisco litigants
A Missouri jury's rejection of Roundup cancer claims could weaken plaintiffs' remaining cases in San Francisco, where a federal judge is weighing whether alternative liability theories survive a Supreme Court ruling.
Roundup plaintiffs with claims pending before a federal judge in San Francisco may have a harder road after a Missouri jury rejected the first cancer claims to reach trial since the U.S. Supreme Court threw out failure-to-warn theories.
The St. Louis County jury found for Bayer subsidiary Monsanto Co. on Oct. 29 after a monthlong trial in which three Florida women alleged the weedkiller caused their non-Hodgkin lymphoma. With their failure-to-warn claims preempted, the plaintiffs w...
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