Farmers in five states sued Bayer a German producer of genetically altered seeds after the U.S.government in 2006 said trace amounts of modified rice being grown experimentally by the company in Louisiana were found in rice raised for consumption. About 1200 rice farmers of the U.S.had filed a class suit against the company for the contamination of crop, but they lost the bid for this group act. District Judge Catherine Perry in St. Louisin refused to allow the claims to be combined in class-action suits, one per state.
Though the farmers lost group leverage for forcing settlements because of the ruling, they may regain it if Bayer lose early trials. Read more here
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