Tennessee bill would expand weed-killer manufacturers’ legal immunity • Tennessee Lookout
The Republican-backed bill, which passed the Tennessee Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday, provides pesticides and herbicide companies, including Bayer, which owns Roundup, with broader protection from lawsuits. Senate Bill 527, sponsored by Sen. John Stevens of Huntingdon, provides legal immunity to pesticide manufacturers unless federally approved labels warn of illness. The Environmental Protection Agency label […]
La Paz County sues opioid manufacturers, distributors in Arizona
La Paz County filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Arizona state court, accusing opioid manufacturers and distributors of creating an opioid crisis and causing suffering in rural communities. The lawsuit, filed in La Paz County Superior Court, alleges Chandler-based Insys Therapeutics founder John Kapur, former CEO and president Michael Babich, Johnson & Several defendants are named, […]
