California Files Amicus Brief In Glyphosate Appeal, Says Claims Are Not Preempted

Mealey's (March 25, 2020, 12:33 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The state of California on March 23 filed an amicus curiae brief in the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals contending that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) does not preempt the claims brought against the Monsanto Co. by a cancer victim who won an $80,267,644.10 glyphosate verdict related to the herbicide Roundup (Edwin Hardeman v. Monsanto Company, Nos. 19-16636 and 19-16255, 9th Cir.)....