Trump Official Urges Supreme Court to Take Bayer Roundup Appeal
US Solicitor General D. John Sauer, the administration’s top courtroom lawyer, recommended Monday that the high court agree to hear Bayer’s challenge to a $1.25 million Missouri jury verdict over Roundup on the grounds some of the claims were preempted by federal law.
In June, the high court sought Sauer’s position on whether federal law governing approved pesticides supersedes state law when it comes to juries hearing claims the company failed to properly warn consumers about Roundup’s cancer risks. Bayer appealed the verdict after jurors said the company’s Monsanto unit should pay damages to John Durnell in October 2023.
In a 24-page filing, Sauer said lower appeals courts are divided on the preemption issue and urged the justices to take the case to “clarify the scope” of the law.
After seven years of fighting Roundup cases in the US, Bayer is still facing about 67,000 claims from plaintiffs who allege Roundup caused their cancer.
In June, the high court sought Sauer’s position on whether federal law governing approved pesticides supersedes state law when it comes to juries hearing claims the company failed to properly warn consumers about Roundup’s cancer risks. Bayer appealed the verdict after jurors said the company’s Monsanto unit should pay damages to John Durnell in October 2023.
In a 24-page filing, Sauer said lower appeals courts are divided on the preemption issue and urged the justices to take the case to “clarify the scope” of the law.
After seven years of fighting Roundup cases in the US, Bayer is still facing about 67,000 claims from plaintiffs who allege Roundup caused their cancer.