Rice farmers' suits against biotech firm denied class-action status
Rice farmers' suits against maker of biotech rice too dissimilar to consolidate into class-action, judge rules. After Bayer CropScience's Liberty Link rice contaminated public food supply in 2006, mostly likely from plot at Louisiana State University, some countries temporarily banned U.S. rice exports, drying up foreign markets and causing drop in U.S. rice price.
The Associated Press; International Herald Tribune 2008-08-14
Categories: BUSINESS, Big Players, GOVERNMENT, Judicial & Prisons
Index: Bayer CropScience, Bruce Mackintosh, Catherine Perry, class-action, Don Downing, genetically modified, GMO, Gray Ritter and Graham, Liberty Link, rice, St. Louis