Charles Parkin
Long Beach
City Attorney

411 West Ocean Blvd., 9th Floor
Long Beach, California 90802-4664

cityattorney@longbeach.gov
11/30/2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPress Release # 038
Subject:
California Federal Judge approved $537.5 million class settlement
Contact:

(562)570-2200
CityAttorney@longbeach.gov





A California federal judge has granted final approval of a $537.5 million class settlement that the City of Long Beach and other city, county and state governments throughout the country reached with Bayer AG's Monsanto Company and its subsidiaries to resolve allegations that the localities face increased costs due to Monsanto's contamination of waterways and harbors with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) over the last several decades. (City of Long Beach v. Monsanto Company.)  The City of Long Beach is anticipated to receive the largest allocation given to any class member - $7.5 million dollars.