In the videos below, you will find helpful information about the Roundup cancer litigation against Monsanto. The videos can be watched in sequence or you can click on the top left of the video screen or choose below to navigate to the video of your choosing.
Video #1 – Roundup Cancer Attorney R. Brent Wisner Discusses Roundup Lawsuits
In this video, Roundup lawyer Brent Wisner answers some frequently asked questions about the Monsanto litigation:
Video #2 – Does Roundup Cause Cancer? – Attorney Brent Wisner Answers Your Questions
In this video, Brent Wisner discusses the mechanisms by which Roundup causes cancer. Learn more about the genotoxicity of glyphosate, oxidative stress and the effect that glyphosate has on human microbiota.
Video #3 – Roundup Cancer Attorney Discusses Personal Passion to Hold Monsanto Accountable
The Monsanto litigation is personal to attorney Brent Wisner, whose father worked with Cesar Chavez to protect farmers and farm workers from dangerous toxins.
Video #4 Monsanto Roundup Weed Killer Linked to Cancer
Wisner Baum Roundup cancer lawyers TV commercial.
Video #5 – Monsanto Roundup Cancer Lawsuit – Jack McCall, Cambria Farmer
KSBY 6 sat down with Teri McCall, who filed a lawsuit against Monsanto alleging exposure to Roundup caused her husband to develop the cancer that ultimately took his life.
Video #6 – Taking on Monsanto: Widow of Deceased Farmer Discusses Monsanto Roundup Lawsuit
Monsanto Roundup lawyer R. Brent Wisner and his client, Teri McCall, were invited to discuss the Monsanto legal cases on KFCF’s ‘Down in the Valley’ radio show, hosted by Lloyd Carter.
Video #7 – Roundup Attorney Michael Baum and Farmer John Barton Discuss Effects of Glyphosate
Attorney Michael Baum, the managing shareholder of Wisner Baum, discusses the science linking Roundup weed killer to cancer, specifically non-Hodgkin lymphoma. John Barton, a third generation Bakersfield farmer, talks about his non-Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis after many years of using Roundup.
Teri McCall and Deborah Brooks describe how their husbands were diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma after being exposed to Roundup. United Farm Workers (UFW) president Arturo S. Rodriguez discusses why California needs to warn farmers and farm workers about the side effects of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup.
Video #9 – Wisner Baum Wins $289M in Monsanto Roundup Cancer Lawsuit – Join Us
TV commercial for Wisner Baum discussing $289 million verdict in Johnson v. Monsanto Co. Our firm is filing Roundup cancer lawsuits on behalf of victims nationwide who allege exposure to Roundup caused them to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Video #10 – Roundup Cancer Attorney Brent Wisner Closing Argument | Johnson v. Monsanto
Award-winning trial attorney Brent Wisner from the law firm of Wisner Baum, delivers the closing argument in the trial of Dewayne “Lee” Johnson v. Monsanto Company.
Video #11 – $289 Million Monsanto Roundup Press Conference
Plaintiff Dewayne “Lee” Johnson gives a statement on the $289 million verdict in the first Roundup cancer trial. Brent Wisner of Wisner Baum (co-lead trial attorney), David Dickens of the Miller Firm (co-lead trial attorney), and Mark Burton of Audet & Partners (Johnson trial team) discuss the verdict and take questions.
California jurors awarded $289 million in a massive verdict against Monsanto in the case of a Bay Area groundskeeper who developed terminal non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma after using Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide. Following the verdict, Brent Wisner, co-lead trial counsel for Dewayne “Lee” Johnson, sat down with Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman to discuss the evidence presented during the Johnson trial, along with the significance of the Monsanto verdict.
An Alameda jury ordered Monsanto to pay more than $2 billion in punitive damages to Alva and Alberta Pilliod, a California couple diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma after using Roundup on their properties for decades. In this interview with Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman, attorney Brent Wisner, co-lead trial counsel for Alva and Alberta Pilliod, discusses the historic verdict.
In an appearance on Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman, Brent Wisner discusses the EPA’s stance on glyphosate. “The simple fact is that the EPA has got it wrong on glyphosate…these lawsuits only exist because the EPA has failed the American public for 45 years, and Monsanto is allowed to get away with reckless conduct with essentially impunity.”
"Wisner Baum gave exceptional attention to all aspects of the case, detailed inquiry, and tenacious overview of all the information submitted. The paralegals are efficient and diligent. I was completely surprised to find an empathic personal message to take care of my own health during the challenging time of being a full-time caretaker.*"
In May of 2019, the jury in the case of Pilliod et al. v, Monsanto Company ordered the agrochemical giant to pay $2.055 billion in damages to the plaintiffs, Alva and Alberta Pilliod, a Bay Area couple in their 70s. R. Brent Wisner served as co-lead trial attorney for the Pilliods, delivering the opening and closing statements and cross-examining several of Monsanto’s experts. Wisner Baum managing shareholder, Michael Baum and attorney Pedram Esfandiary also served on the trial team in the Pilliod case.
The judge later reduced their award to $87M. Monsanto appealed the Pilliod’s verdict which the California Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District denied on August 9, 2021. Monsanto then requested the California Supreme Court review the appeal’s court decision, which the court denied on Nov. 17, 2021. Monsanto (Bayer) then submitted a petition for a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court which SCOTUS denied on June 27, 2022, allowing the final judgment of $87M to remain intact.
$289.2 million jury verdict in Monsanto Roundup trial
Wisner Baum co-represented Dewayne “Lee” Johnson in the first Roundup cancer lawsuit to proceed to trial. On Aug. 10, 2018, a San Francisco jury ordered Monsanto to pay $39.25 million in compensatory damages and $250 million in punitive damages to Mr. Johnson, a former groundskeeper who alleged exposure to Monsanto’s herbicides caused him to develop terminal non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Months after the jury verdict, the judge overseeing the trial reduced the punitive damages to $39.25 million. Mr. Johnson decided to accept the remittitur, bringing the adjusted amount awarded to Mr. Johnson $78.5 million.
Monsanto (Bayer) appealed the verdict and Johnson cross appealed. On July 20, 2020, the First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the verdict against Monsanto but reduced Mr. Johnson’s award to $20.5 million. The company chose not to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, ending the litigation.
In 2016, Wisner Baum attorney Timothy A. Loranger and six other attorneys in the Plaintiffs’ Management Committee were able to secure a $265 million settlement for victims of the 2015 Amtrak 188 derailment in Philadelphia, one of the largest in the U.S. for 2016.
