US supreme court blocks thousands of lawsuits over Roundup maker’s pesticide warning labels
by Carey Gillam and Dharna Noor from US news | The Guardian on (#76J8Q)
The case, Monsanto v Durnell, specifically dealt with claims that the company failed to warn users of product risks
The US supreme court has found in favor of the former Monsanto company in a ruling that is expected to block thousands of lawsuits filed by people alleging the key ingredient in the weed killer Roundup causes cancer.
The decision was made in a 7-2 vote, with Justice Brett Kavanaugh offering the majority opinion and justice Ketanji Brown Jackson writing the dissenting opinion, joined by justice Neil Gorsuch.
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