Tentative ruling on Nov. 29, 2023 in Fresno County, CA - Case no: xxxxx)']

Re: In Re: Imidacloprid Cases
Superior Court Case No. 22JCCP05241
Hearing Date: November 29, 2023 (Dept. 502)
Motion: Eriksson, LLC’s Petition to Coordinate Add-on Case
Nutrien Ag Solution, Inc.’s Petition for Coordination of Add-On Case
**If timely requested; oral argument will be heard on Wednesday, December 6,
2023 at 3:30pm in Department 502**
Tentative Ruling:
To grant both petitions.
Explanation:
In September of 2022 a petition for coordination of seven different actions was
granted. The plaintiffs in the coordinated actions are owners and operators of pistachio
orchards in the Central Valley. They allege that in the spring or summer of 2020 they
applied to their pistachios the insecticide imidaclopris, manufactured by defendants
Bayer, Albaugh, Rotan, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Inc., and Loveland Products, Inc. Plaintiffs
thereafter delivered their 2020 pistachio crops to Horizon Nut Company, who informed ….....