Supreme Court’s Monsanto Ruling: A Turning Point for Failure-to-Warn Claims

In January 2019, John Durnell and 84 other plaintiffs filed a six-claim complaint in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, Missouri against Monsanto Company, the manufacturer of Roundup. The complaint specifically directed claims against Monsanto for strict liability design defect, strict liability failure to warn and negligence. The case proceeded to trial in September 2023, and the jury returned a verdict in favor of Durnell on his strict liability failure to warn claim, awarding him…
By: MG+M The Law Firm