The federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation against Bayer AG’s Monsanto unit’s glyphosate-containing weedkiller Roundup allegedly causing cancer is considering excluding any regulatory assessments on glyphosate’s safety in a first phase of an upcoming test trial. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco during a hearing on Wednesday said he was considering bifurcating trials, with the initial phase focusing solely on the question of whether glyphosate was able to cause cancer in the plaintiff. To read the full story on WestlawNext Practitioner Insights, click here: bit.ly/2RDGYPG
A federal judge overseeing a lawsuit into the potentially cancerous effects of Monsanto's Vince Chhabria is considering a plan to exclude all regulatory findings on the safety of glyphosate from the first phase of an upcoming trial. US District Judge Roundup weedkiller, who is presiding over a case against the company in San Francisco, said he was considering implementing a bifurcated trial process, with the initial phase dealing purely with the question of whether glyphosate was capable of causing cancer in the plaintiff.