Law & Medicine

Johnson v. Monsanto: Roundup and product liability


 

Dr. Tan is emeritus professor of medicine and former adjunct professor of law at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu. This article is meant to be educational and does not constitute medical, ethical, or legal advice. For additional information, readers may contact the author at siang@hawaii.edu.

References

1. DeWayne Johnson v. Monsanto Co., Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, Case No. CGC-16-550128, June 18, 2018.

2. The Monsanto Papers: Roundup (Glyphosate) Cancer Case Key Documents & Analysis. Available at usrtk.org.

3. Greenman v. Yuba Power Products Inc., 377 P.2d 897 (Cal. 1963).

4. “Defective and unreasonably dangerous,” Internal Medicine News, Nov. 4, 2014.

5. “Class-action lawsuits,” Internal Medicine News, April 1, 2015.

6. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, 582 U.S. ____ (2017).

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