Bloomberg News interviewed Steven Kazan for a story about the lawsuits involving Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer. The story focuses in part on an elderly couple that contracted non-Hodgkin lymphoma from exposure to Roundup. Monsanto is asking the judge in this case to block the couple’s request for an expedited trail before they die.
Bloomberg wrote: Steven Kazan, a plaintiffs’ lawyer who has litigated asbestos cases, said other states allow old or sick plaintiffs to request expedited trials. But California is the only state in which damages for pain and suffering are irretrievable when a plaintiff dies. That difference can motivate the state’s judges to grant the requests, he said.
“Monsanto would like for these cases to sit somewhere for years,” Kazan said. “Delay is their friend. It is not a friend for those who are aging, especially if they are sick.”
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