Kleiss v. Cassida

Plaintiffs, Barry and Carolyn Kleiss, farm 185 acres of grain crops, fruits, and vegetables in Douglas County. They filed this suit contending they suffered crop damage in 1990. Plaintiffs alleged two separate sprayings of herbicides on nearby farms, one by defendant Jerald Cassida (Cassida) and one by Fish and Hudson Custom Spray Service (Fish and Hudson), damaged their crops because the herbicides contained dicamba. Dicamba, a plant growth regulator, is a chemical used by farmers to kill weeds. It is the active ingredient in two different herbicides, Banvel and Marksman. Defendant Sandoz…