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The French Agent Orange suit

Suit filed in France in 2014 by Tran To Nga against 14 firms, Dow and Monsanto among them; rejected in 2021 and on appeal in 2024 on the companies’ immunity; before France’s highest court in 2026.

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  • The Dow Chemical Company defendants, with twelve other firms Scholarship & press 2
  • Monsanto Company defendants, with twelve other firms Scholarship & press 2
  • Tran To Nga plaintiff Scholarship & press 1
  • Bayer owner of Monsanto; argued the companies could not be held responsible for the U.S. military’s use Scholarship & press 2
  • Agent Orange the herbicide the claim concerned Scholarship & press 123
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  1. 2014 – The French Agent Orange suit
  2. 2014 Tran To Nga intervened in The French Agent Orange suit
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  1. French court dismisses appeal in Agent Orange case, AFP, via The Star (Malaysia), 23 Aug 2024. Scholarship & press
    Tran To Nga, who was born in what was then French Indochina, accused 14 agrochemicals firms of causing grievous harm to her and others by selling Agent Orange to the American military
    We will continue to prove to the world that justice is on our side
    But so far, only military veterans -- from the United States, Australia and Korea -- have won compensation for the after-effects of the highly toxic chemical.
    She lost her initial case in 2021, when a French court ruled that the companies enjoyed legal immunity from prosecution because they worked for a sovereign government.
    The Paris Court of Appeal used the same argument in rejecting
  2. French court rejects claim in landmark Agent Orange lawsuit, Al Jazeera (with Reuters), 10 May 2021. Scholarship & press
    The landmark case, filed in 2014, has pitched Tran To Nga, a 79-year-old, who claims she was a victim of Agent Orange, against 14 firms, including US multinational companies Dow Chemical and Monsanto
    German chemicals giant Bayer, which now owns Monsanto, and the other companies accused argued they could not be held responsible for the use that the American military made of their product.
    Dismissing the case, the court said the companies were acting “on the orders” of the US government, which was engaged in a “sovereign act
  3. France’s Court of Cassation refers Agent Orange lawsuit to Full Court, VOV (Voice of Vietnam), English edition, 8 Jul 2026. Scholarship & press
    France's Court of Cassation on July 8 referred a lawsuit brought by French-Vietnamese citizen Tran To Nga against US chemical companies that manufactured Agent Orange defoliant to the Full Court
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