Monsanto Prevails In $15M PCB Cancer Trial - McDermott Will & Emery

Monsanto Prevails In $15M PCB Cancer Trial

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Anthony Upshaw secured a California jury’s verdict that his agribusiness client was not liable in a $15 million product liability lawsuit. The plaintiffs had claimed injury from the company’s use of a chemical through the 1960s, but Mr. Upshaw demonstrated that comparison “to our standards of today would be unfair.”