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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Personal Injury

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IN RE: ROUNDUP PRODUCTS 

LIABILITY LITGATION

MDL No. 2741

Case No. 16-md-02741-VC

This document relates to: 

Hardeman v. Monsanto, 3:16-cv-00525-VC PRETRIAL ORDER NO. 112:

ORDER RE DESIGN DEFECT JURY 

INSTRUCTION

The Court does not understand how Monsanto intends to present a defense to Mr. 

Hardeman’s design defect claim under its proposed risk-benefit theory, and it is therefore difficult 

to anticipate how the risk-benefit test would operate at trial. Accordingly, by 10:00 a.m. on March 

14, 2019, Monsanto is directed to file a 2-page brief summarizing what it would argue to the jury 

were the risk-benefit test to apply. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: March 13, 2019 ___________________________

Honorable Vince Chhabria

United States District Court

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