Lawsuits filed by hundreds of rice farmers in three states over genetically contaminated rice have been consolidated, creating one legal action. The farmers claim their profits were hurt after an experimental form of genetically altered rice escaped from test plots run by Bayer CropScience AG. The suits deal with the same legal issues and merging them will streamline the litigation, according to the ruling signed by Judge Terrell Hodges, chairman of the federal Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.
December 21, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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Lawsuits filed by hundreds of rice farmers in three states over genetically contaminated rice have been consolidated, creating a single legal action that is one of the largest of its kind.
The farmers claim their profits were hurt after an experimental form of genetically altered rice escaped from test plots run by Bayer CropScience AG.
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