PILLIOD v. MONSANTO CO.

No. A158228.

67 Cal.App.5th 591 (2021)

282 Cal. Rptr. 3d 679

ALBERTA PILLIOD et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. MONSANTO COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

August 9, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Miller Firm, Michael J. Miller , Jeffrey A. Travers , Curtis G. Hoke ; Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman, R. Brent Wisner , Pedram Esfandiary ; Audet & Partners and Mark E. Burton , for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Cole Pedroza, Curtis A. Cole , Cassidy C. Davenport and Scott M. Klausner , for California Medical Association, California Dental Association and California Hospital Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Horvitz & Levy, David M. Axelrad , Jason R. Litt , Dean A. Bochner ; Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, K. Lee Marshall and Alexandra C. Whitworth , for Defendant and Appellant.

Kendall, Brill & Kelly, Laura W. Brill , Nicholas F. Daum and Sharon S. Song , for Genentech as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.


OPINION

After years of spraying Roundup herbicide on their property, Alberta Pilliod and her husband, Alva Pilliod, each developed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The Pilliods sued Monsanto Company, the manufacturer of Roundup, for damages based on claims of design defect and failure to warn. After a six-week trial, the jury...

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