Magistrate Refuses To Compel Discovery In Roundup Case About Reneged Settlement Offer

Mealey's (May 18, 2023, 3:36 PM EDT) -- ABINGDON, Va. — A federal magistrate judge in Virginia denied a motion to compel discovery sought by a cancer victim who is a non-citizen farm worker who contends that Monsanto and her former lawyers deprived her of her rights when they reneged on a settlement offer for injuries related to exposure to the herbicide Roundup.  In the one-paragraph order, the magistrate judge did not elaborate on the reasoning for her decision....