About the Mass Tort and Compensation

Since May 2019, there have been thousands of Monsanto lawsuit claims filed which allege that the common Roundup (glyphosate) weed killer sold by Monsanto’s parent company Bayer can cause severe health risks, including a rare form of cancer. There are several studies which have pointed to a link between the use of Roundup and cancer, especially non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.

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Updates (Related to the Mass Tort)

May 2025:

We write to provide you a further update beyond the update provided in January 2024.

The national class action was certified in December 2023. The Ontario Superior Court of Justice recently approved the Notice of Certification and issued a Certification Order. Pursuant to the Notice, all class members who plan to pursue individual claims must opt out of the class action by no later than July 17, 2025. English versions of the notice can be found here (long form) and here (short form). French versions of the notice can be found here (long form) and here (short form). Please ensure that you read the notice carefully. We are currently preparing the opt out forms to ensure that those who signed up with Diamond and Diamond are opted out of the class action before July 17^th.

As a reminder, Diamond and Diamond is pursuing these claims as a mass tort, meaning that those who signed up with us will be opted out of the class action so we can launch individual claims on your behalf. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this update, please feel free to reach out to our team at any time.

January 2024:

A certification decision was released on December 8, 2023 approving the national class action to move forward. A notice period within which to complete opt out forms for individuals who wish to proceed on an individual basis has not yet been announced. Once the period is announced, we will be completing these forms on behalf of our clients and will be in touch to gather additional information, if required.

December 2023:

Further to our July update, the national class action certification motion was heard on March 28, 29, and 30, 2023. However, a decision of the certification motion has not yet been released and a time period for the opt-outs has not yet been set. Once the opt-out period is set, we will be opting out our clients and issuing individual claims.

July 2023:

Further to our March update, the national class action certification motion was heard on March 28, 29, and 30, 2023. A decision from the class action certification motion has not yet been released by the presiding judge. For your information, a certification motion is where the court allows the action to proceed as a class action – this step is not necessary for our individual actions, which will be proceeding as a group of individual cases. However, we will need to wait for the decision on the certification motion. Our clients have agreed to opt out of the class action so, once a decision is made, we will be opting out our clients and proceeding with the group of individual cases

March 2023:

Further to our December update, the national class action is scheduled to be in court for a certification motion on March 28, 29, and 30, 2023. For your information, a certification motion is where the court allows the action to proceed as a class action – this step is not necessary for our individual actions, which will be proceeding as a group of individual cases. However, we will need to wait for the decision of the certification motion. Our clients have agreed to opt out of the class action so, once a decision is made, we will be opting out our clients and proceeding with the group of individual cases.

December 2022:

We write to provide you with a further update beyond the update provided in August. As mentioned in our last update, the national class action is scheduled to be in court for a certification motion in March 2023. For your information, a certification motion is where the court allows the action to proceed as a class action – this step is not necessary for our individual actions, which will be proceeding as a group of individual cases. However, we will need to wait for the decision of the certification motion. Our clients have agreed to opt out of the class action so, once a decision is made, we will be opting out our clients and proceeding with the group of individual cases.

August 2022:

Further to our April update, we write to provide you with a further update. As mentioned in our last update, the national class action was scheduled to be in court for a certification motion in April 2022, but has been reschedule to March 2023. For your information, a certification motion is where the court allows the action to proceed as a class action – this step is not necessary for our individual actions, which will be proceeding as a mass tort. However, we will need to wait for the decision of the certification motion. Once a decision is made, we will be opting out our clients and proceeding with the mass tort. We are also exploring how to move ahead of the national class action and will let individuals know when we arrive at their claim and require updated information.

April 2022:

We write to provide you with a further update to our December update. As mentioned in our last update, the national class action was scheduled to be in court for a certification motion in April 2022. However, this was adjourned until March 2023.  For your information, a certification motion is where the court allows us to proceed as a class action – this step is not necessary for our individual actions, which will be proceeding as a mass tort, however, we will need to wait to see what the court decides in the certification motion is. Following a decision in the certification motion, we will be opting out our clients and proceeding with the mass tort.

December 2021:

We write to provide you with a further update to our August update. As mentioned in our last update, the national class action is scheduled to be in court for a certification motion in April 2022. For your information, a certification motion is where the court allows us to proceed as a class action – this step is not necessary for our individual actions, which will be proceeding as a mass tort, however, we will need to wait to see what the court decides in the certification motion is. Following a decision in the certification motion, we will be opting out our clients and proceeding with the mass tort.

August 2021:

We write to provide you with a further update to our June 9th update. As mentioned in our last update, the national class action is scheduled to be in court for a certification motion in April 2022. For your information, a certification motion is where the court allows us to proceed as a class action – this step is not necessary for our individual actions, which will be proceeding as a mass tort, however, we will need to wait to see what the court decides in the certification motion is. Following a decision in the certification motion, we will be opting out our clients and proceeding with the mass tort.