( November 13, 2026, 9:57 AM EST) -- SEATTLE — A Washington trial court erred in issuing $2,500 sanctions each against four attorneys representing Pharmacia LLC, a successor to Monsanto Co., in a polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) exposure case for the late disclosure of expert witnesses because Washington Superior Court Civil Rule 37(b)(2) “does not authorize personal punitive sanctions for violation of a discovery order,” a Washington appellate court panel ruled in an unpublished opinion, reversing the sanctions and remanding for the trial court to vacate the sanctions....