The Supreme Court announced Friday it will hear Monsanto’s claim that it should be shielded from tens of thousands of lawsuits over its weed killer Roundup because the Environmental Protection Agency has not required a warning label that it may cause cancer. The legal dispute involves whether the federal regulatory laws shield the company from being sued under state law for failing to warn consumers. In 2023, a jury rejected his claim the product was defective but it ruled for him on his “strict liability failure to warn claim,” a state court concluded. Monsanto appealed, arguing this state law verdict is in conflict with federal law regulating pesticides. “Yet this happens, and when it does, state court lawsuits provide the only real path to accountability.”

Source: Los Angeles Times January 17, 2026 22:14 UTC