Newsline: Oakhurst-Monsanto Case Stays in Massachusetts
A trial involving Maine's Oakhurst Dairy and Monsanto, a multinational biotechnology company, will stay in Massachusetts rather than move to Maine, a U.S. District Court judge has ruled.
In a short written order, the judge said Monsanto chose to sue Oakhurst in Massachusetts over what it argues is the dairy's misleading advertising related to rBGH, a Monsanto product. Neither the dairy nor the state of Maine, which joined the lawsuit to support Oakhurst, showed enough hardship for a change in venue, the judge found.