Judge Says School District’s PCB Case Against Monsanto May Proceed

(June 29, 2023, 12:25 PM EDT) -- BURLINGTON, Vt. — A federal judge in Vermont has denied Monsanto Co.’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the Burlington School District (BSD) contending that the company is liable for contamination from polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in school buildings, ruling that the BSD’s allegation that Monsanto knew that “its PCBs were substantially certain to enter School property” is sufficient for a plausible claim of common-law trespass at this stage of the proceeding....