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I wonder if she will win

Jack McCall died Dec. 26. After years of puzzling symptoms and difficulty in getting a diagnosis, doctors determined in September that the popular farmer had a rare and aggressive form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Soon thereafter, the McCalls learned of the potential link between the use of Roundup and cancer. The farm, which had been using glyphosate-containing herbicide for weed control for about 30 years, immediately stopped using the products.

In a strange twist, the McCalls’ 6-year-old black Labrador, Duke, also died from lymphoma, after years of “sticking his nose into everything he could, including areas where Jack McCall was spraying with Roundup,” according to press information from the McCall legal team.

“We decided to jump into this litigation after hearing about Teri’s case. Her story and relationship with Jack were particularly moving,” Wisner said in email interviews. “Although Baum Hedlund has a long history of taking on massive pharmaceutical companies, this is our first case against a chemical company like Monsanto. … This case is the tip of the spear.”