Pilliod v. Monsanto Co.

Filed 8/9/21; see concurring and dissenting opinion CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION TWO ALBERTA PILLIOD et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, A158228 v. MONSANTO COMPANY, (Alameda County Super. Ct. No. RG17862702) Defendant and Appellant. After years of spraying Roundup herbicide on their property, Alberta Pilliod and her husband, Alva Pilliod, each developed non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The Pilliods sued Monsanto Company, the manufacturer of Roundup, for damages based on claims of design defect and failure to warn. After a…