Monsanto Opening Brief Introduced as U.S. Supreme Court Considers Immunity for Pesticide Manufacturers - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog
The Monsanto Company, acquired by Bayer AG in 2018, submitted its opening brief to the U.S. Supreme Court. last month, seeking liability immunity from lawsuits filed by product users who have been harmed but not warned about potential product hazards. The question before SCOTUS is: “Whether the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq., preempts a state-law failure-to-warn claim concerning a pesticide registered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), where EPA has determined that a particular warning is not required and the warning cannot be added...