Supreme Court Won’t Hear Monsanto’s Preemption Argument

After losing two trials, Monsanto filed Petitions for Certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the Court to overturn the verdicts against it:

• Monsanto Company v. Edwin Hardeman
• Monsanto Company v. Alberta Pilliod

In each case, Monsanto asked the Court to grant it federal preemption on any claim related to its label or its failure to warn consumers, which would effectively make the company partially or completely immune to lawsuits. The Supreme Court, however, declined to take up either the Hardeman or Pilliod cases, which leaves those two verdicts in place.

The Court declining certiorari is good news for Roundup plaintiffs across the country, not just the Hardemans and Pilliods. It means the company will continue to have to face accountability for Roundup potentially causing non-Hodgkin lymphoma.