Agriculture Today: Lawsuits and Lessons
Watching a lot of television during the recent coronavirus lockdown period, it’s pretty clear to me that the agricultural industry has become the new “favorite target” of the U.S. legal profession. Worse still, I don’t foresee this changing anytime soon, so the marketplace should be prepared to address this kind of intense scrutiny going forward.
Of course, most people probably don’t view this statement as all that surprising. Like me, many folks that make their living from agriculture have likely seen (or at least heard about) the numerous television commercials by U.S. law firms seeking customers to file lawsuits to receive damage awards against glyphosate and its supposed link to causing certain forms of cancer.
Unfortunately, it seems many average consumers are paying attention to these legal come-ons. In fact, according to the numbers, the number of filings has reportedly risen to close to 100,000. At press time, there were persistent rumors that glyphosate supplier Bayer was trying to reach some kind of all-encompassing settlement in regard to all of these lawsuits. Because of this, many of the lawsuits originally scheduled to be going forward have been put on hold for the moment.
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Of course, most people probably don’t view this statement as all that surprising. Like me, many folks that make their living from agriculture have likely seen (or at least heard about) the numerous television commercials by U.S. law firms seeking customers to file lawsuits to receive damage awards against glyphosate and its supposed link to causing certain forms of cancer.
Unfortunately, it seems many average consumers are paying attention to these legal come-ons. In fact, according to the numbers, the number of filings has reportedly risen to close to 100,000. At press time, there were persistent rumors that glyphosate supplier Bayer was trying to reach some kind of all-encompassing settlement in regard to all of these lawsuits. Because of this, many of the lawsuits originally scheduled to be going forward have been put on hold for the moment.
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