[24-1068] Monsanto Company v. Durnell

About this episode

The episode discusses the legal case of Monsanto Company v. John L. Durnell regarding claims related to the herbicide Roundup and its alleged link to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Monsanto Company v. Durnell Justia · Docket · oyez.org Argued on Apr 27, 2026. Petitioner: Monsanto Company. Respondent: John L. Durnell. Advocates: Paul D. Clement (for the Petitioner) Sarah M. Harris (for the United States, as amicus curiae, supporting the Petitioner) Ashley C. Keller (for the Respondent) Facts of the case (from oyez.org) John L. Durnell used Monsanto’s product Roundup, a herbicide containing the active ingredient glyphosate. Durnell subsequently developed non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which he alleged was caused by his exposure to Roundup and glyphosate. In January 2019, Durnell sued Monsanto, asserting claims for strict liability defective design, strict liability failure to warn, and negligence. Durnell claimed that Monsanto should have included a cancer warning on Roundup’s label to alert users to the risk of developing non-Hodgkin's lymphoma from glyphosate exposure. After a jury trial in September 2023 in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, the jury found in favor of Durnell on his strict liability failure to warn claim and awarded him $1.25 million in compensatory damages, but ruled for Monsanto on the defective design and negligence…

Topics covered

• legal case
• Monsanto
• glyphosate
• non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
• failure to warn
• preemption
• court ruling

Keywords

• Monsanto
• Durnell
• Roundup
• glyphosate
• non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
• failure to warn
• FIFRA
• court case
• damages
• preemption

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Monsanto Company, Missouri Court of Appeals, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, EPA

Products: Roundup

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