Status Update as of December 23, 2022:

• On May 13, 2021, the District Court issued an Order Certifying the Class and granting Final Approval of the Settlement.
• On June 9, 2021, an Objector filed a Notice of Appeal to the Order granting Final Approval with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
• On June 29, 2022, the Eighth Circuit affirmed the District Court’s Order approving the Settlement.
• On August 16, 2022, the Eighth Circuit denied the Objector’s Petition for a rehearing.
• On August 23, 2022, the Eighth Circuit issued its Mandate in accordance with the opinion and Judgment of June 29, 2022.
• On December 14, 2022 the Objector filed a petition for a writ of certiorari, asking for the Supreme Court’s review.
• Settlement payments cannot be issued until all opportunities to appeal the District Court’s Order Certifying the Class and granting Final Approval of the Settlement have either failed or expired.
• Court documents are available here.

 

This Settlement resolves a class action lawsuit, Lisa Jones et al. v. Monsanto Company, et al. (No. 4:19-cv-00102-BP), pending in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri (the “Court”) against Monsanto Company, the manufacturer of the Roundup® Ready-to-Use Weed & Grass Killer III, Roundup® Ready-to-Use Weed & Grass Killer Plus, Roundup® Weed & Grass Killer Super Concentrate, and Roundup® Weed & Grass Killer Concentrate Plus (the “Roundup® Products”).

The lawsuit alleges that a statement that appears on the rear label of these Roundup® Products, “targets an enzyme found in plants but not in people or pets,” is false and misleading. Monsanto denies these allegations and any wrongdoing. The Settlement avoids costs and risks to you from continuing the lawsuit, provides relief to purchasers of the Roundup® Products during the relevant time period, and releases Monsanto and others from liability for the related claims.

Who’s Included

You may be a Class Member if you purchased: (1) Roundup® Ready-to-Use Weed & Grass Killer III; (2) Roundup® Ready-to-Use Weed & Grass Killer Plus; (3) Roundup® Weed & Grass Killer Concentrate Plus; or (4) Roundup® Weed & Grass Killer Super Concentrate in packaging with a label that contained the statement “targets an enzyme found in plants but not in people or pets” or a substantially similar statement.

 

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