Sharlean Gordon v. Monsanto Company

Summary

Jury trial in Roundup herbicide lawsuit

Outcome

Verdict for defendant.

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Gordon, Sharlean
Defense: Monsanto Co.

Judge: Brian May
Jurisdiction: 21st Judicial Circuit of Missouri
Court: St. Louis County Court Building

Case Number: 17SL-CC02721
Industry: Chemical
Practice Area: Products Liability, Toxic Torts

Plaintiff

Gordon, Sharlean

Represented By:
Wagstaff, Aimee (Andrus Wagstaff Law Firm)

Defense

Monsanto Co.

Represented By:
Hacker, Katherine (Bartlit Beck LLP (Denver))
Ouweleen, Mark (Bartlit Beck LLP (Chicago))

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
01:12:52	Opening Statement	Wagstaff, Aimee
02:05:40	Break
02:24:24	Opening Statement	Wagstaff, Aimee
03:32:05	End of Session

PM Session

Openings

3 Chapters

APR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Wagstaff, Aimee	Ritz, Dr. Beate	In Person
01:27:45	Break
02:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Wagstaff, Aimee	Ritz, Dr. Beate	In Person
03:44:15	End of Session

APR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

APR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Fitzpatrick, Fidelma	Routley, Lacey	In Person
00:50:30	Witness Cross Examination	Miller, Christine	Routley, Lacey	In Person
01:03:05	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Fitzpatrick, Fidelma	Routley, Lacey	In Person
01:10:22	Break
01:45:04	Witness Direct Examination	Wagstaff, Aimee	Jameson, Dr. Charles	In Person
03:17:39	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Wagstaff, Aimee	Jameson, Dr. Charles	In Person
00:27:30	Witness Cross Examination	Ouweleen, Mark	Jameson, Dr. Charles	In Person
01:22:06	Break
01:53:05	Witness Cross Examination	Ouweleen, Mark	Jameson, Dr. Charles	In Person
03:03:26	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

MAY

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Fitzpatrick, Fidelma	Smith, Martyn PhD	In Person
		03:03:21	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Miller, Christine	Smith, Martyn PhD	In Person
00:28:13	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Fitzpatrick, Fidelma	Smith, Martyn PhD	In Person
01:03:30	Break
01:23:07	Witness Direct Examination	Fitzpatrick, Fidelma	Nabhan, Dr. Chadi	In Person
02:59:47	Witness Cross Examination	Hacker, Katherine	Nabhan, Dr. Chadi	In Person
03:05:38	Witness Direct Examination		Godley, Dr. Lucy Ann	Video Recording
03:33:47	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Wagstaff, Aimee	Weisenburger, Dr. Dennis	In Person
01:02:09	Witness Cross Examination	Hacker, Katherine	Weisenburger, Dr. Dennis	In Person
01:42:44	Break
02:02:45	Witness Cross Examination	Hacker, Katherine	Weisenburger, Dr. Dennis	In Person
03:56:13	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

MAY

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

MAY

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

MAY

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Miller, Christine	Farmer, Dr. Donna	In Person
00:17:48	Witness Cross Examination	Wagstaff, Aimee	Farmer, Dr. Donna	In Person
01:22:26	Break
01:38:50	Witness Cross Examination	Miller, Christine	Farmer, Dr. Donna	In Person
02:33:36	Break
03:24:30	Witness Cross Examination	Wagstaff, Aimee	Farmer, Dr. Donna	In Person
03:44:16	End of Session

MAY

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Hacker, Katherine	Tomasetti, Dr. Cristian	In Person
00:46:55	Witness Cross Examination	Fitzpatrick, Fidelma	Tomasetti, Dr. Cristian	In Person
01:30:13	Break
01:49:30	Witness Cross Examination	Fitzpatrick, Fidelma	Tomasetti, Dr. Cristian	In Person
03:38:32	End of Session

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

MAY

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Fitzpatrick, Fidelma	Tomasetti, Dr. Cristian	In Person
01:23:45	Break
01:44:24	Witness Cross Examination	Fitzpatrick, Fidelma	Tomasetti, Dr. Cristian	In Person
02:25:14	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Hacker, Katherine	Tomasetti, Dr. Cristian	In Person
03:05:30	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

8 Chapters

MAY

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Fitzpatrick, Fidelma	Gates, Dr. Kent	In Person
01:23:30	Break
01:47:21	Witness Cross Examination	Fitzpatrick, Fidelma	Gates, Dr. Kent	In Person
02:22:14	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Miller, Christine	Gates, Dr. Kent	In Person
02:27:38	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Fitzpatrick, Fidelma	Gates, Dr. Kent	In Person
02:31:14	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Wagstaff, Aimee	Farmer, Dr. Donna	In Person
01:20:01	Break
01:44:32	Witness Cross Examination	Wagstaff, Aimee	Farmer, Dr. Donna	In Person
02:12:25	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Miller, Christine	Farmer, Dr. Donna	In Person
02:18:51	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

MAY

AM Session

Closings

6 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

4 Chapters

MAY

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Sharlean Gordon v. Monsanto Company

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:38	Opening Statement	Hacker, Katherine
01:40:18	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:47	Witness Direct Examination		Rossi, Phillip	Video Recording
01:01:43	Break
01:51:06	Witness Direct Examination	Wagstaff, Aimee	Ritz, Dr. Beate	In Person
02:37:26	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:23	Witness Cross Examination	Ouweleen, Mark	Ritz, Dr. Beate	In Person
01:17:38	Break
01:47:49	Witness Cross Examination	Wagstaff, Aimee	Ritz, Dr. Beate	In Person
02:07:53	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:45	Witness Direct Examination		Reaves, Dr. William	Video Recording
01:36:16	Break
02:12:19	Witness Direct Examination		Goldstein, Dr. Daniel	Video Recording
02:28:43	Witness Direct Examination	Fitzpatrick, Fidelma	Routley, Lacey	In Person
02:52:43	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:42	Witness Direct Examination	Wagstaff, Aimee	Jameson, Dr. Charles	In Person
01:13:54	Break
02:19:01	Witness Direct Examination	Wagstaff, Aimee	Jameson, Dr. Charles	In Person
02:50:07	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:03	Witness Cross Examination	Ouweleen, Mark	Jameson, Dr. Charles	In Person
01:09:24	Break
01:30:17	Witness Cross Examination	Ouweleen, Mark	Jameson, Dr. Charles	In Person
01:44:37	Break
01:49:13	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Wagstaff, Aimee	Jameson, Dr. Charles	In Person
02:33:25	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:01	Witness Direct Examination	Fitzpatrick, Fidelma	Smith, Martyn PhD	In Person
01:48:21	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:55	Witness Direct Examination	Fitzpatrick, Fidelma	Smith, Martyn PhD	In Person
00:10:42	Witness Cross Examination	Miller, Christine	Smith, Martyn PhD	In Person
01:34:08	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:48	Witness Direct Examination		Reaves, Dr. William	Video Recording
01:26:16	Break
01:51:26	General Case Activities
01:52:50	Witness Direct Examination	Wagstaff, Aimee	Weisenburger, Dr. Dennis	In Person
02:56:16	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:14	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Wagstaff, Aimee	Weisenburger, Dr. Dennis	In Person
00:54:21	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Hacker, Katherine	Weisenburger, Dr. Dennis	In Person
01:01:23	Witness Direct Examination		Heydens, Dr. William	Video Recording
01:24:48	End of Session

	Description	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:50	Witness Direct Examination	Heydens, Dr. William	Video Recording
01:15:13	Break
02:14:57	Witness Direct Examination	Heydens, Dr. William	Video Recording
03:16:54	Break
03:34:35	Witness Direct Examination	Heydens, Dr. William	Video Recording
04:25:02	End of Session

	Description	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:26	Witness Direct Examination	Heydens, Dr. William	Video Recording
00:51:50	Witness Direct Examination	Reaves, Dr. William	Video Recording
01:19:18	Break
01:54:03	Witness Direct Examination	Koch, Dr. Michael	Video Recording
02:54:00	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:26	Witness Direct Examination	Fitzpatrick, Fidelma	Jones, Misty	In Person
00:45:40	Witness Direct Examination		Artz, Dr. Andrew	Video Recording
01:25:00	Break
01:43:01	Witness Direct Examination		Reaves, Dr. William	Video Recording
02:30:12	General Case Activities
02:32:01	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:05	Witness Direct Examination	Wagstaff, Aimee	Gordon, Sharlean	In Person
01:04:28	Break
01:32:28	Witness Direct Examination	Hacker, Katherine	Gordon, Sharlean	In Person
02:06:04	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Wagstaff, Aimee	Gordon, Sharlean	In Person
02:21:30	General Case Activities
02:25:48	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:30	Witness Direct Examination	Miller, Christine	Farmer, Dr. Donna	In Person
01:15:51	Break
01:38:50	Witness Direct Examination	Miller, Christine	Farmer, Dr. Donna	In Person
02:21:26	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:11	Witness Direct Examination	Hacker, Katherine	Tomasetti, Dr. Cristian	In Person
01:07:39	Break
01:35:32	Witness Direct Examination	Hacker, Katherine	Tomasetti, Dr. Cristian	In Person
02:28:03	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:49	Witness Direct Examination	Ouweleen, Mark	Rider, Dr. Jennifer	In Person
01:13:04	Break
01:31:11	Witness Direct Examination	Ouweleen, Mark	Rider, Dr. Jennifer	In Person
02:20:54	Witness Cross Examination	Wagstaff, Aimee	Rider, Dr. Jennifer	In Person
03:26:54	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Ouweleen, Mark	Rider, Dr. Jennifer	In Person
03:36:45	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Wagstaff, Aimee	Rider, Dr. Jennifer	In Person
03:41:10	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:24	Witness Direct Examination	Miller, Christine	Gates, Dr. Kent	In Person
01:03:42	Break
01:30:27	Witness Direct Examination	Miller, Christine	Gates, Dr. Kent	In Person
02:27:16	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:09	Witness Direct Examination	Hacker, Katherine	Cashen, Dr. Amanda	In Person
00:41:43	Witness Cross Examination	Fitzpatrick, Fidelma	Cashen, Dr. Amanda	In Person
01:06:59	Break
01:47:00	Witness Direct Examination		Cummings, Carolyn	Video Recording
02:20:10	Witness Direct Examination	Bolton, Reid	McElroy, Dr. Scott	In Person
02:41:02	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:12:35	Closing Statement	Fitzpatrick, Fidelma
01:31:43	Break
01:52:51	Closing Statement	Miller, Christine
03:18:48	Closing Statement	Fitzpatrick, Fidelma
03:33:14	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:07:13	Reading of the Verdict
		00:08:10	General Case Activities
		00:10:26	End of Session