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Day 3 – G’Day Jurors
Another dreary, rainy San Francisco morning. To make my drive more interesting, I happen upon a podcast discussing the woeful tale of women who left the US to join ISIS, and now want to come home. It isn’t the jolliest of mood-boosting inspiration, though the San Francisco weather doesn’t seem such a cross to bear…
Day 2 – Pink
Note – for my email subscribers, WordPress is not sending graphics in your email. If you are interested in seeing the accompanying graphics, please just click through to the site. After today’s session, I hustle to grab a table in the cafeteria next to a much coveted electrical outlet. The brown-on-brown painted cafeteria is eerily…
Bring Em In!
Before we get to the coverage of the first Hardeman v Monsanto jury selection hearing, I need to update readers on the controversial claim made by Judge Chhabria at the hearing last Wednesday. As you may recall in my last post, Chhabria explained that lawyers effectively write the expert witness reports, with some editing performed…
GUTTED BY MONSANTO
While attending a work conference in Las Vegas this last weekend, I was slipped some gluten at dinner in Caesar’s Palace. Feeling wrecked from cross-contamination on my spaghetti bolegnese just seems unfair in light of preferred ways to get wrecked in Vegas. The combination of extremely debilitating gluten intolerance issues and casino gaming gave me…
A Blended Bifurcation
I deep cleaned my writing office in anticipation of the load of Roundup court dates coming up over the next few months. Sometimes, I don’t even recognize myself. Not many years ago, I was using all kinds of bleaches and cleaners with dubious ingredients. I’ve always felt a little suspicious that Clorox wipes likely harbor…
Roundup Realities
OK, hello new year! I’ve been stagnant in posting while deciding if I should rebrand, given that Glyphosate Girl does not connote the most trustworthy of sources. Particularly the immaturity of the “Girl” portion. Well, actually “Glyphosate” most definitely shouldn’t instill trust, but the general population doesn’t know that yet. For now, I’m sticking with…
This Land is Our Land
Oh my gosh, I worried all afternoon about what/how I would write about Judge Bolanos’s ruling. Given the momentum of the last few weeks, I felt it would inevitably be bad news. I even had an acupuncture session this morning to balance my energy, and I’m not even an acupuncture type of person. The courthouse…
CELEBRATE – GOOD NEWS!!
No JNOV. New trial only if Plaintiff does not accept lower punitive damages of $39 million. Total award cut to $78 million, which is still substantial. This day is a fabulous day for our justice system!!! More to come shortly.
JUROR #11 SPEAKS!
I’m ecstatic and honored to publish the letter that Charlie Kaupp, Juror #11, wrote to Judge Bolanos to defend the jury’s unanimous verdict. October 16, 2018 Hon. Suzanne Ramos Bolanos Judge of the Superior Court Civic Center Courthouse 400 McAllister Street San Francisco, California 94102 RE: DeWayne Johnson v. Monsanto Company (Case No. CGC-16-550128) Dear…
JUROR #1 SPEAKS!
I am honored to publish the letter that Gary Kitahata, Juror #1, wrote to Judge Suzanne Bolanos following the Johnson v Monsanto hearing on October 10th. SENT BY E-MAIL October 14, 2018 Hon. Suzanne Ramos Bolanos Judge of the Superior Court Re: Dewayne Johnson Vs. Monsanto Company Case No. CGC-16-550128 Dear Judge Bolanos: As…