In fall 2023, the Roundup litigation was seeing mixed results. After years of strategizing and litigation, all eyes were on the mass tort as it opened for its first trial in Philadelphia, a consequential venue with an active products liability docket.

But, according to Thomas R. Kline, who led the trial, the most impactful moments in the case didn’t come when the plaintiff, Ernest Caranci was on the stand, but instead occurred right after.