A $1.4 billion settlement agreement will resolve tens of thousands of claims by U.S. farmers who say they lost money when Syngenta rolled out its genetically modified Viptera corn seed without first making sure it had approval to be sold in China, the largest foreign market.…
A class action lawsuit against Syngenta resulted in a $218 million verdict for farmers in the state of Kansas who say they suffered financial losses due to China rejecting the company’s genetically modified corn seed, Viptera, for several years.…
A class action lawsuit against an Iowa corn milling plant will go forward, representing at least 4,000 people who say the plant spewed soot and chemicals onto their homes for years.…
Lawsuits filed over Syngenta genetically modified corn seeds are being allowed to move forward following the company’s efforts to have them dismissed.…
Even after China’s approval of Syngenta genetically modified corn, farmers continue to file lawsuits for economic damages suffered while the corn sat in approval limbo.…
Syngenta has announced that its genetically-modified corn, the subject of a number of lawsuits, has been approved for export to China.…
With a growing number of lawsuits being filed throughout the federal court system over problems with Syngenta genetically modified (GMO) corn seeds, a panel of federal judges has decided to centralize all cases before one judge as part of a multidistrict litigation (MDL) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas.…
