“Monsanto’s main defense has always been ‘delay,'” Jones said. “Prompt and final resolution of the issues on appeal will save the court system and the parties an enormous amount of time and money.”
According to the petition, since the Court of Appeals ruling, Monsanto has sought to compel the teachers to pay $2 million in costs. The plaintiffs, however, have moved to defer a ruling on costs pending their appeal to the state supreme court.
The three teachers are represented by Deepak Gupta, Gregory A. Beck, and Robert D. Friedman of Gupta Wessler PLLC and Richard H. Friedman, Sean J. Gamble, James A. Hertz, Henry G. Jones, and Ronald J. Park of Friedman Rubin PLLP.
Monsanto is represented by Jennifer L. Campbell, Allison K. Krashan, Farron Curry, CaroLea W. Casas, Jean-Claude André, A. Elizabeth Sternhell-Blackwell, Kenneth Lee Marshall, and Logan M. Rutherford of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP.
The case is Kerry L. Erickson et al. v. Pharmacia LLC, case number 83287-5, in the Washington Court of Appeals, Division I.
