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Understanding the SCOTUS Durnell Decision and Your Roundup Claim If you or your family are currently fighting Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma after years of using Roundup, you likely felt a wave of uncertainty following the news from the U.S. Supreme Court. In a 7-2 decision, the Court recently ruled in favor of Monsanto (now owned by Bayer) in a case originating right here in Missouri. The central issue in Durnell v. Monsanto was whether federal law overrides your right to sue under state law for “failure to warn.” As your trial team, we want to be clear: while the Court has changed the terrain of this fight, the fight is far from over. The ruling focuses on the warning label on the bottle, but it does not grant Monsanto a “get out of jail free” card for the actual chemical inside that bottle. If you are suffering, you still have paths to justice, but you need a legal team that knows how to pivot when the rules of the game shift. Does Federal Preemption Bar All Roundup Claims in Missouri? The Supreme Court’s ruling centers on the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Justice Brett Kavanaugh, writing for the majority, held…