Johnson, Brent won a $289 million verdict for the plaintiff, Dewayne "Lee" Johnson. Monsanto appealed the verdict, and Brent assisted with writing the appeal brief and helped prepare for argument. While the total damages were reduced to $20.5 million, the California Courts of Appeal First Appellate District denied Monsanto's bid to overturn the verdict. The company declined to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, and as a result, the litigation is now closed.
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Pilliod, Brent obtained a $2.055 billion jury verdict, which was the ninth-largest personal injury jury verdict in United States history at the time. The verdict was later reduced to $87 million, and the case is currently on appeal.