Glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup lawsuits are being postponed to allow more time for talks on a settlement following an agreement between Bayer and plaintiffs in its next two U.S. lawsuits over allegations that it causes cancer.
According to the agreement, the cases scheduled for January 15 in California Superior Court for Lake County are delayed by six months. A second case to be held in California Superior Court of Alameda on January 21 would also be postponed for which the date is yet to be confirmed. Bayer stated that the delay would give additional time to them as well as to the representatives of the plaintiffs to productively involve in the mediation process.
Early next year, Bayer will also appeal to reverse the first three U.S. court rulings, which involved tens of millions of dollars to the plaintiffs. The trials which were initially scheduled for this year have already been postponed.
More than 18,000 lawsuits are filed against Roundup, which is consolidated under federal multidistrict litigation (MDL No. 2741; In Re: Roundup Products Liability Litigation) in the Northern District of California, presided by U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria.
