Monsanto Attorney: ‘Curative’ Instruction Needed Regarding Use Of Unadjusted Data

(February 26, 2019, 1:45 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The attorney representing Monsanto Co. on Feb. 25 sent a letter to the California federal judge presiding over the first bellwether federal glyphosate cancer trial, contending that based on the plaintiff’s counsel’s opening argument and the testimony of the first witness, the judge should issued a “curative instruction” regarding the use of unadjusted data by expert witnesses to “minimize the risk that the jury will reach a verdict in this case that is based on junk science” (In re:  Roundup Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2741, N.D. Calif.)....

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