David Selby Quoted in The Wall Street Journal Regarding Roundup Litigation

Bailey Glasser client Phillip Dressel and Mass Torts Practice Group Leader David L. Selby are featured in the The Wall Street Journal: “The Cancer Victims Who Could Sink Bayer’s Roundup Settlement.” 

This article describes the current landscape of lawsuits involving Bayer’s Roundup weedkiller. On February 17, 2026 “Monsanto announced a proposed U.S. nationwide class settlement designed to resolve current and future Roundup™ claims alleging Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) injuries through a long-terms claims program.”  Under the terms of the proposed class settlement, claimants can choose whether they want to opt-out of the class settlement.

Bailey Glasser did not object to the class settlement and takes the position that the decision of whether claimants should participate in the class settlement or opt-out is a client centric decision and one which should be made by each individual client. Bailey Glasser is not opposed to the class settlement and acknowledges they will have clients that choose to participate in the class settlement and some that will not. Moreover, Bailey Glasser is not attempting to sink Bayer’s Roundup Settlement but is simply opting out some clients and those cases already set for trial.  

Mr. Dressel is one of the clients that has decided to opt-out of the class settlement. Mr. Dressel is a landscaper who used Roundup. In 2023 he noticed lesions on his arms, and sometime thereafter was diagnosed with cancer. Since then, he has had many medical procedures, including having his left leg amputated and a tumor removed from his skull. Given his extensive pain and suffering, and shortened life expectancy, it is our position that Mr. Dressel cannot be adequately compensated under the existing terms of the class settlement.

As noted in the article:  David Selby II, one of the attorneys who represents Mr. Dressel, said he is “working to get him a trial as soon as possible.”

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Bailey & Glasser is a national law firm leading litigation against companies like Monsanto.