'A Daft Suggestion': Judge Declines to Kick Hundreds of Paraquat Cases Out of Philadelphia

Choose Joshua Roberts of the Philadelphia Court docket of Widespread Pleas on July 11 denied a movement from Syngenta Crop Safety LLC and Chevron U.S.A. Inc. that challenged the plaintiffs’ alternative of discussion board in Philadelphia paraquat circumstances with plaintiffs who will not be Pennsylvania residents. In his ruling, Roberts held that the defendants’ arguments “completely fail[ed] to ascertain convincing justification for transferring the circumstances.