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Belleville hardware store included in Roundup lawsuit against Monsanto; Company suggests St. Clair Co. is plaintiff-friendly
BELLEVILLE - In a twist to the majority of legal actions claiming that a weed killer caused cancer in users, a local hardware store has been named as a defendant in a suit against multinational conglomerate Bayer. -
Seeing all those Roundup commercials? That's because lawyers have spent $60M on them this year
The search for clients to file cancer lawsuits over the weed-killer Roundup has exploded – even as the EPA says the product does not cause what lawyers are alleging. -
First Monsanto herbicide cancer trial in St. Louis, due to begin next week, postponed
ST. LOUIS – A trial in St. Louis over claims that a key ingredient in an herbicide was linked to cancer in number of people is postponed. -
New lawyer representing plaintiffs in Sauget pollution case; Will seek to invalidate $21 million settlement
BELLEVILLE – Jacqueline Everson and Tyrha Dooley, who fired their lawyers for settling 11,256 pollution-related disease and property damage claims against Monsanto for $21 million, have retained attorney Greg Lathram of Collinsville. -
Man alleges injuries from benzene exposure
BELLEVILLE — A man claims he suffered myelodysplastic syndrome from benzene exposure. -
Monsanto plaintiffs fuming over pollution settlement netting lawyers more than claimants
BELLEVILLE – Lawyers who settled 11,256 pollution claims against Monsanto for about $21 million paid most of it to themselves and their experts before doling out the remainder to their clients at an average of $873. -
Gleeson delays indefinitely Monsanto, Cerro Copper trial involving thousands of pollution claims
BELLEVILLE – Chief Circuit Judge Andrew Gleeson, who had set the first of many pollution trials involving Monsanto and Cerro Copper to be taking place while voters decided whether to retain him, postponed it in August and delayed it indefinitely on Oct. 3. -
Lawyers representing plaintiffs in Sauget pollution suit reduce fee from 40 to 26.5 percent
BELLEVILLE – Lawyers who lowered the expectations of 11,256 clients in a pollution suit against Monsanto and Cerro Copper lowered their fee as a result. -
Supreme Court denies leave to appeal decision raising doubts on $10 million Monsanto settlement
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Supreme Court has denied leave to appeal an order questioning a $10 million settlement of 11,256 pollution claims against Monsanto in St. Clair County Circuit Court. -
Man alleges cancer from glyphosate-containing herbicide
BELLEVILLE — A self-employed contractor and storeowner claims he developed cancer from using glyphosate-containing herbicide throughout his cancer. -
Co-defendant Cerro wants Gleeson to unseal documents in pollution suit, saying lack of access denies 'fundamental fairness'
BELLEVILLE – Cerro Flow copper company, facing trial against 11,256 plaintiffs, wants to see a document St. Clair County Chief Judge Andrew Gleeson has kept not only from the public but also from Cerro Flow. -
Environmental litigators reach out to Monsanto class; Some say they've been led to believe 'much' more coming
BELLEVILLE – After appellate court judges vacated a settlement between Monsanto and lawyers for 11,256 St. Clair County clients on April 18, the lawyers assured the clients that the settlement remains valid. -
St. Clair County pollution settlement with Monsanto met with stern disapproval at Fifth District
MOUNT VERNON – In a mass action case under seal at St. Clair County Circuit Court, judges Andrew Gleeson and Vincent Lopinot approved settlement of 11,256 pollution claims against Monsanto without reading the agreements behind it, according to Fifth District appellate judges. -
Limbaugh assigned to Dicamba MDL over Herndon; Attorneys say SDIL disposition time nearly slowest of all
EAST ST. LOUIS – Multi district litigation against Monsanto involving weed killer Dicamba will go before District Judge Stephen Limbaugh at the Eastern District of Missouri, in spite of calls for the Southern District of Illinois. -
Judge halts soybean harvest for Monsanto inspection of alleged dicamba damage
BENTON – U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen Williams halted the harvest of a farmer who claims weed killer dicamba damaged his soybeans, so that defendant Monsanto could inspect the crop before it disappeared. -
Lawsuits mounting against Monsanto over alleged cancer-causing ingredients in Roundup
Several law firms in Illinois are mounting claims against a multinational agrochemical manufacturer, alleging one of the components in its herbicide product causes cancer. -
Man alleges he was injured by use of Roundup
EAST ST. LOUIS – A St. Clair County man alleges exposure to an herbicide caused him injuries. -
Woman claims Roundup caused illness
EAST ST. LOUIS – A Madison woman alleges that a biotechnology company's herbicide caused her to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma.