Monsanto Says 4 Roundup Cases Fail For Lack Of Causation Experts

(April 10, 2024, 11:23 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Monsanto Co. has filed multiple motions for summary judgment in California federal court in glyphosate cancer lawsuits pending in the multidistrict litigation for the herbicide Roundup, contending that they all fail on causation grounds because in each case the plaintiffs failed to submit an expert report on specific causation prior to the deadline.  In a case brought by Edilia Gonzalez and others, Monsanto says Gonzalez did not provide an expert report containing case-specific evidence of a causal link between Roundup exposure and the cancer that killed plaintiff Manuel Balbuena....