Bondy v. Monsanto Company
- Vince Chhabria
- 3:19-cv-06446
- U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
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In Bondy v. Monsanto, Judge Chhabria granted Wayne Bondy’s motion to dismiss without prejudice after he said his lymphoma diagnosis was incorrect.
Wayne Bondy and Monsanto Co.
What happened
In Bondy v. Monsanto Company, Wayne Bondy asked the court to dismiss his case because he said he had been incorrectly diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and did not have the disease.
The court granted Bondy’s motion to dismiss without prejudice. The order did not decide the underlying allegations or state whether Monsanto was legally responsible.
Judge Vince Chhabria entered the order on May 15, 2020.
The detailed version
- Bondy v. Monsanto Company · No. 3:19-cv-06446
- Vince Chhabria
- May 15, 2020
Background
Wayne Bondy sued Monsanto Co. in litigation concerning Roundup products. Bondy asked the court to dismiss his action without prejudice, stating that he had previously been misdiagnosed as having non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and in fact did not have the disease. Bondy also stated that dismissal would not prejudice any party.
Ruling
The court granted Bondy’s Motion to Dismiss Without Prejudice. The order did not address the merits of Bondy’s claims or decide Monsanto’s liability. Because the dismissal was without prejudice, the order used the court’s stated terms and did not bar refiling.
Effect
The order ended this action as presented in the opinion, but the opinion does not describe any further conditions or proceedings. Judge Vince Chhabria signed the order on May 15, 2020.
Read the full 3-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.