IN RE DICAMBA HERBICIDES LITIGATION

MDL No. 2820.

359 F.Supp.3d 711 (2019)

IN RE: DICAMBA HERBICIDES LITIGATION.

United States District Court, E.D. Missouri, Southeastern Division.

Signed February 6, 2019.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1332
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1332 Diversity - Product Liability
Nature of Suit: 385 Prop. Damage Prod. Liability
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Hahn, Special Master, pro se.

Bader Farms, Inc. & Bill Bader, Plaintiffs, represented by Angela Marie Splittgerber , RANDLES AND SPLITTGERBER, LLP, Beverly Turina Randles , RANDLES AND SPLITTGERBER, LLP, Billy R. Randles , RANDLES AND SPLITTGERBER, LLP & Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C.

Steven Wayne Landers & Deloris Irene Landers, Plaintiffs, represented by Angela Marie Splittgerber , RANDLES AND SPLITTGERBER, LLP, Beverly Turina Randles , RANDLES AND SPLITTGERBER, LLP, Billy R. Randles , RANDLES AND SPLITTGERBER, LLP, Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., Hal E. Hunter, IV , HUNTER LAW FIRM, LLP, Lawrence Benjamin Mook , DAVIS AND GEORGE LLC & Richard Monroe Paul, III , PAUL LLP.

Wimberley Farms LLC, Ann Schuchart, Emil Schuchart, Trustees of the Ann Schuchart Trust and Emil Schuchart Trust & Bumper Crop Farms, LLC, On Behalf of Themselves and all Others Similarly Situated And the Class They Seek to Represent, Plaintiffs, represented by Angela Marie Splittgerber , RANDLES AND SPLITTGERBER, LLP, Billy R. Randles , RANDLES AND SPLITTGERBER, LLP, Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C. & Richard Monroe Paul, III , PAUL LLP.

Smokey Alley Farm Partnership, Amore Farms, JTM Farms Partnership, Kenneth Loretta Garrett Qualls Farm Partnership, Qualls Land Co., McLemore Farms LLC & Michael Baioni, Plaintiffs, represented by Brandon Michael Wise , PEIFFER WOLF, APLC, Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., Michael G. Smith , DOVER AND DIXON, PLLC, Paul J. James , JAMES AND CARTER, LLP, Paul A. Lesko , PEIFFER WOLF, APLC & Richard Monroe Paul, III , PAUL LLP.

LGO Farms Partnership, Heinco Farms, John P. Baioni Farms, Morrison Partners, Hunter Tree Farms, Henry D. and Jeff Finch Farms, PE Partners, Kemp Farms, Randy Fendrick, Heitmann Brothers, LLC, Mattis Farms, Heitmann Farms Inc., Robert Delaney, Buckskin Farms, ¶¶ Farm Partnership, Speiser Farm Inc., Cooper Family Farms, Jerry Stogsdill, Robert Terry Farms & Vincent Farms, Plaintiffs, represented by Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., Paul A. Lesko , PEIFFER WOLF, APLC & Richard Monroe Paul, III , PAUL LLP.

Cow-Mil Farms, Inc., Plaintiff, represented by Alyssa J. Leary , ZIMMERMAN REED PLLP, Charles S. Zimmerman , ZIMMERMAN REED PLLP, D. Eric Sowers , SOWERS AND WOLF, LLC, Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., Hart L. Robinovitch , ZIMMERMAN REED PLLP & Richard Monroe Paul, III , PAUL LLP.

Mark Lee, Plaintiff, represented by Charles S. Zimmerman , ZIMMERMAN REED PLLP, Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C. & Richard Monroe Paul, III , PAUL LLP.

Bruce Farms Partnership, Ronnie Bruce, Karen Bruce, doing business as, William E McMullen, individually and as representative of Eddie McMullen Farms, Eddie McMullen Farms, Phillip Wade Hill, individually and as representative of K and W Farms Partnership, K & W Farms Partnership, Gary Gerlach, individually and as representative of Gerlach Farming, Kevin Gerlach, individually and as representative of Gerlach Farming, Gerlach Farming, David Oakes, individually and as representative of David Oakes Farm, David Oakes Farm, Chris Oakes, individually and as representative of Chris Oakes Farm, Chris Oakes Farm, Jeremy Oakes, Reed Storey, Ronald Curtis Storey, Storey Farming, Charles P Loeschner, Curtis Heidelberger, individually and as Representative of C & A Heidelberger Farms, Amy Heidelberger Varela, individually and as representative of C & A Heidelberger Farms, C & A Heidelberger Farms, Phillip Joe Jackson, II, also known as, William Matthew Dunavan, Phillip Jackson, Stephen Douglas Meacham, individually and as representative of Meacham Farms, Meacham Farms, Carlos Nash, individually and as representative of Waterfowl Farms, Incorporated and Gadwal Farms, Waterfowl Farms Incorporated, Gadwal Farms, Katherine Bennett, individually and as representative of RSB Farming, RSB Farming, Darrow C Linn, APRIL JOHNSON, individually and as represenative of S & A Farms, Larry Johnson, individually and as representative of S & A Farms, Clint Henderson, individually and as representative of Henderson Land & Cattle Co and Clint E Henderson Land Company, S & A Farms, Henderson Land and Cattle Co, Lonny W Lockley, individually and as representative of Lockley Bros Farm, Lonny W Lockley, Jr, "Wes" individually and as representative of Lockley Bros Farm, Lockley Bros Farm, Judy A Minton, individually and as representative of the Morris Irrevocable Trust, Fran Adams, individually and as representative of the Morris Irrevocable Trust, Lance Hill, individually and as representative of L & M Farm Partnership, L & M Farm Partnership, Daniel Hill, individually and as representative of K D H Farms Partnership, D. Hill & Sons Farm, LLC, and P & E Farms, LLC, K D H Farms Partnership, D Hill & Sons Farm LLC, P & E Farms LLC, James L Hill, individually and as representative of T Hill Farms, Hill Farms Partnership, and DWK Farms LLC, T Hill Farms, Hill Farms Partnership, DWK Farms LLC, David Carter, individually and as representative of David Carter Farms JV, David Carter Farms JV, George Watson, Watson Partners, Bobby Cloninger, individually and as representative of Bobby Cloninger Farms & Bobby Cloninger Farms, Plaintiffs, represented by Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., Heather G. Zachary , Williams & Anderson, PLC, Jerry O. Kelly , KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C., John Paul Byrd , PAUL BYRD LAW FIRM, PLLC, Joseph Reid Byrd , Duncan Firm, Joseph D. Gates , PAUL BYRD LAW FIRM, PLLC, Phillip J. Duncan , Richard Lee Quintus , DUNCAN FIRM, PA., Timothy Paul Reed , Duncan Firm, William R. Pointer, II , Duncan Firm & Richard Monroe Paul, III , PAUL LLP.

Morris Irrevocable Trust, Plaintiff, represented by Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., Heather G. Zachary , Williams & Anderson, PLC, Jerry O. Kelly , KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C., John Paul Byrd , PAUL BYRD LAW FIRM, PLLC, Joseph Reid Byrd , Duncan Firm, Joseph D. Gates , PAUL BYRD LAW FIRM, PLLC, Matthew S. Bober , THOMPSON COBURN, LLP, Phillip J. Duncan , Richard Lee Quintus , DUNCAN FIRM, PA., Timothy Paul Reed , Duncan Firm, William R. Pointer, II , Duncan Firm & Richard Monroe Paul, III , PAUL LLP.

Brian Warren & Warren Farms, Plaintiffs, represented by Blane Osman , RONALD E. OSMAN AND ASSOCIATES, LTD., Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., Rene F. Rocha , MORGAN AND MORGAN COMPLEX LITIGATION GROUP, Ronald E. Osman , RONALD E. OSMAN AND ASSOCIATES, LTD., pro hac vice & Richard Monroe Paul, III , PAUL LLP.

Jed R. Claassen, Individually and as Representative of Claassen Farms, Plaintiff, represented by Cody G. Claassen , DeVaughn James Injury Lawyers, Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., Dustin L. DeVaughn , DeVaughn James Injury Lawyers, Jerry O. Kelly , KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C., Pro Hac Vice, John Paul Byrd , PAUL BYRD LAW FIRM, PLLC, Joseph D. Gates , PAUL BYRD LAW FIRM, PLLC, Richard W. James , DeVaughn James Injury Lawyers & Richard Monroe Paul, III , PAUL LLP.

Claassen Farms, Plaintiff, represented by Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., Jerry O. Kelly , KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C., Pro Hac Vice, John Paul Byrd , PAUL BYRD LAW FIRM, PLLC, Joseph D. Gates , PAUL BYRD LAW FIRM, PLLC, Richard W. James , DeVaughn James Injury Lawyers & Richard Monroe Paul, III , PAUL LLP.

Gregory Harris, Plaintiff, represented by Charles F. Speer , SPEER LAW FIRM, P.A., Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C. & Richard Monroe Paul, III , PAUL LLP.

McIvan Jones Farms, Inc., Steve Jackson, Vickie Jackson & Sam Branum, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, represented by Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., Gretchen Garrison , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., Jack A. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., Jason D. Sapp , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., Kaitlin A. Bridges , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C. & Richard Monroe Paul, III , PAUL LLP.

B&L Farms Partnership, Double A Farms, NJ&B Partnership, Neil Culp, Allen Culp, Pam Culp, Jill Culp, Ronnie George, R P George, Brian Chastain Farms, Josh Bartlett, Randle Foran, doing business as, Borderline Farms JV & Wilson Application LLC, Plaintiffs, represented by David A. Hodges , DAVID HODGES LAW OFFICE, Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., Jesse B. Daggett , Daggett, Donovan & Perry, PLLC, Joseph Robert Perry, Sr. , DAGGETT AND DONOVAN PLLC & Richard Monroe Paul, III , PAUL LLP.

Foliage Off Falls LLC & Anthony Wheat, Plaintiffs, represented by Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., James J. Bilsborrow , WEITZ AND LUXENBERG, pro hac vice, John Daniel Hays, Jr. & Richard Monroe Paul, III , PAUL LLP.

Forest River Farms, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by Amanda M. Williams , GUSTAFSON GLUEK PLLC, Daniel E. Gustafson , GUSTAFSON GLUEK PLLC, Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., Justin N. Boley , WEXLER WALLACE, LLP, Kenneth A. Wexler , WEXLER WALLACE, LLP, Mark A. Potashnick , WEINHAUS AND POTASHNICK, Ashlea G. Schwarz , PAUL LLP, pro hac vice & Richard Monroe Paul, III , PAUL LLP.

Justin Pic, Plaintiff, represented by Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., Eric D. Holland , HOLLAND LAW FIRM LLC, Randall S. Crompton , HOLLAND LAW FIRM LLC & Richard Monroe Paul, III , PAUL LLP.

Michael Barham, Jr., Joseph Billings, Dwight Ellis, Brian Jossart, Chris Peyton, Scott Mathis, Peyton & Mathis Farms, Bill Rhodes, Greg Tillman, Kristy Vanalstine, John Tipton, Individually and as Representative of Tipton Brothers, Charles Tipton, Individually and as Representative of Tipton Brothers & Tipton Brothers, Plaintiffs, represented by Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., W. Bryan Smith , THE COCHRAN FIRM MEMPHIS, LLP & Richard Monroe Paul, III , PAUL LLP.

Bart Coker, Plaintiff, represented by Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., Rene F. Rocha , MORGAN AND MORGAN COMPLEX LITIGATION GROUP, W. Bryan Smith , THE COCHRAN FIRM MEMPHIS, LLP & Richard Monroe Paul, III , PAUL LLP.

Wapsie Farms, on behalf of itself and others similarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., Ward A. Rouse , Rouse Law PC & Richard Monroe Paul, III , PAUL LLP.

Shane Greckel, Plaintiff, represented by Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., Rene F. Rocha , MORGAN AND MORGAN COMPLEX LITIGATION GROUP, Rodney J. Rehm , REHM, BENNETT LAW FIRM & Richard Monroe Paul, III , PAUL LLP.

Jerry Franks, Plaintiff, represented by Beverly Turina Randles , RANDLES AND SPLITTGERBER, LLP, Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C. & Richard Monroe Paul, III , PAUL LLP.

Steve Johnson, Lisa Marie Johnson, The Steve Johnson Farm Joint Venture, Muskrat Flats, LLC, Rus Lanpher & Bumper Crop Farms, LLC, Plaintiffs, represented by Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C. & Richard Monroe Paul, III , PAUL LLP.

David Wildy, Individually and as Representative of David Wildy Farms Partnership, Plaintiff, represented by Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., Gretchen Garrison , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., Jack A. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., Jason D. Sapp , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., John Paul Byrd , PAUL BYRD LAW FIRM, PLLC, Joseph D. Gates , PAUL BYRD LAW FIRM, PLLC, Kaitlin A. Bridges , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C. & Richard Monroe Paul, III , PAUL LLP.

Patty Wildly, Individually and as Representative of David Wildy Farms Partnership, Plaintiff, represented by Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., Gretchen Garrison , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., Jason D. Sapp , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., John Paul Byrd , PAUL BYRD LAW FIRM, PLLC, Joseph D. Gates , PAUL BYRD LAW FIRM, PLLC, Kaitlin A. Bridges , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C. & Richard Monroe Paul, III , PAUL LLP.

Tab Wildy, Individually and as Representative of David Wildy Farms Partnership, Plaintiff, represented by Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., Gretchen Garrison , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., Jason D. Sapp , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., John Paul Byrd , PAUL BYRD LAW FIRM, PLLC, Kaitlin A. Bridges , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C. & Richard Monroe Paul, III , PAUL LLP.

Bethany Harris, Individually and as Representative of David Wildy Farms Partnership, Paul Harris, Individually and as Representative of David Wildy Farms Partnership, Justin Wildy, Individually and as Representative of David Wildy Farms Partnership and as Representatuve of Justin Wildy Farms Partnership, Kristi Wildy, Individually and as Representative of David Wildy Farms Partnership and as Representatuve of Justin Wildy Farms Partnership, David Wildy Farms Partnership, Justin Wildy Farms Partnership, Wildy Farms North Inc, Wildy Farms East LLC & Wildy Land Company LLC, Plaintiffs, represented by Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., Gretchen Garrison , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., Jack A. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., Jason D. Sapp , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., John Paul Byrd , PAUL BYRD LAW FIRM, PLLC, Kaitlin A. Bridges , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C. & Richard Monroe Paul, III , PAUL LLP.

Earl H Wildy Inc & Wildy Farms South Inc, Plaintiffs, represented by Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., Gretchen Garrison , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., Jason D. Sapp , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., John Paul Byrd , PAUL BYRD LAW FIRM, PLLC, Kaitlin A. Bridges , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., W. Bryan Smith , THE COCHRAN FIRM MEMPHIS, LLP & Richard Monroe Paul, III , PAUL LLP.

4-R Farms, Inc., Plaintiff, represented by Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., Gerald Lee Cross, Jr. , Cross Law Firm, LLC, James J. Bilsborrow , WEITZ AND LUXENBERG, pro hac vice & Richard Monroe Paul, III , PAUL LLP.

Marshall W. Scallion, individually, and on behalf of Scallion Farms Partnership & Brooke W. Scallion, individually, and on behalf of Scallion Farms Partnership, Plaintiffs, represented by Christopher William Espy , CHRISTOPHER W. ESPY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C. & Richard Monroe Paul, III , PAUL LLP.

Kay Don Jons, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, represented by Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C., Shannon R. Falon , Johnson, Janklow, Abdallah & Reiter, LLP, Steven M. Johnson , Johnson, Janklow, Abdallah & Reiter, LLP & Richard Monroe Paul, III , PAUL LLP.

Billy Childers, Violet Childers, Crop Damage Master Complaint & Antitrust Master Complaint, Plaintiffs, represented by Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C.

Flamm Orchards, Inc., Plaintiff, represented by D. Todd Mathews , GORI AND JULIAN, P.C. & Don M. Downing , GRAY AND RITTER, P.C.

Monsanto Company, Defendant, represented by Ann E. Sternhell-Blackwell , BRYAN CAVE LLP, Christopher M. Hohn , THOMPSON COBURN, LLP, Daniel C. Cox , THOMPSON COBURN, LLP, Jan P. Miller , THOMPSON COBURN, LLP, Jan P. Miller , THOMPSON COBURN, LLP, Pro Hac Vice, Jeffrey A. Masson , THOMPSON COBURN, LLP, John R. Musgrave , THOMPSON COBURN, LLP, John J. Rosenthal , WINSTON AND STRAWN, LLP, Booker T. Shaw , THOMPSON COBURN, LLP & Kimberly M. Bousquet , THOMPSON COBURN, LLP.

BASF Corporation, Defendant, represented by Alan L. Rupe , LEWIS BRISBOIS, LLP, Charles N. Insler , HEPLER BROOM, E. B. Chiles, IV , Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull PLLC, Jason D. Stitt , Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, John P. Mandler , FAEGRE AND BAKER LLP, John E. Tull, III , Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull PLLC, Ross W. Johnson , FAEGRE AND BAKER LLP, Tarifa Belle Laddon , FAEGRE AND BAKER LLP, Thomas J. Magee , HEPLER BROOM, Troy A. Bozarth , HEPLER BROOM, Carolyn A. Gunkel , FAEGRE AND BAKER LLP & Shane Alan Anderson , FAEGRE AND BAKER LLP.

E.I. DuPont De Nemours and Company & Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Defendants, represented by Amie A. Vague , Lightfoot, Franklin & White, LLC, C. David Goerisch , LEWIS RICE, LLC, Jeffrey P. Doss , LIGHTFOOT AND FRANKLIN, L.L.C., John Mann Johnson , LIGHTFOOT AND FRANKLIN, L.L.C., R. Brad Ziegler , LEWIS RICE, LLC, Richard B. Walsh, Jr. , LEWIS RICE, LLC & Sonette T. Magnus , LEWIS RICE, LLC.

Robert Shaun Bennett, individually and as representative of RSB Farming, Defendant, represented by Heather G. Zachary , Williams & Anderson, PLC, Jerry O. Kelly , KELLY LAW FIRM, P.C., John Paul Byrd , PAUL BYRD LAW FIRM, PLLC, Joseph Reid Byrd , Duncan Firm, Joseph D. Gates , PAUL BYRD LAW FIRM, PLLC, Phillip J. Duncan , Richard Lee Quintus , DUNCAN FIRM, PA., Timothy Paul Reed , Duncan Firm & William R. Pointer, II , Duncan Firm.

BASF Plant Science LP, Defendant, represented by Alan L. Rupe , LEWIS BRISBOIS, LLP, E. B. Chiles, IV , Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull PLLC, Jason D. Stitt , Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, John P. Mandler , FAEGRE AND BAKER LLP & John E. Tull, III , Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull PLLC.


MEMORANDUM and ORDER

Factual Background...718

Legal Standard...719

The Motions to Dismiss...719

I. Failure to plead Monsanto product caused plaintiffs' injuries...719

II. Lanham Act...720

A. "Zone of interest"...721<...

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