Dennis

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In the operative first amended complaint, Dennis alleged that he applied Roundup around his home property on a monthly basis, throughout the year, every year from 2000 until 2020. Roundup is a “non-selective herbicide used to kill weeds.” Its main ingredient is glyphosate, which was discovered by Monsanto in 1970. In 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, an agency of the World Health Organization, classified glyphosate as a Group 2A herbicide, meaning that it is probably carcinogenic to humans. The agency found that NHL is among the cancers most associated with exposure to glyphosate. Roundup also contains other ingredients that increases absorption of the active ingredient, glyphosate, into both plant leaves and human skin. Dennis was diagnosed with mycosis fungoides, a form of NHL, in June 2020. Dennis alleged that his diagnosis was the direct and proximate result of his exposure to Roundup. He alleged further that Monsanto continued marketing and selling the product despite knowing that it carried a risk of causing NHL and without providing adequate warning to consumers.

2 Dennis asserted causes of action for design…