Split Arkansas High Court Says Bayer CEO Must Testify In Roundup Cancer Lawsuit

(June 12, 2023, 2:10 PM EDT) -- LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A divided Arkansas Supreme Court has denied Monsanto Co.’s attempt to excuse Werner Baumann, CEO of Monsanto’s parent company Bayer AG, from testifying in a glyphosate cancer case, ruling that a trial court did not misinterpret the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure and did not abuse its discretion when it initially ordered Baumann to appear....