(October 8, 2019, 2:08 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The circuit mediator for the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Oct. 4 released from the mediation program two glyphosate cases against Monsanto Co. in which a cancer victim is appealing a district court judge’s reduction of his original damages award against the company. Monsanto is cross-appealing the district court’s denial of its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) (Edwin Hardeman v. Monsanto Company, No. 19-16636, 9th Cir.)....