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Bayer has been ordered by a jury to pay $2 billion to a couple who blamed their cancer on the glyphosate-based Roundup weedkiller.
Because lawyers convinced a California jury that Roundup was a substantial factor in Edwin Hardeman’s cancer, the plaintiff is being awarded roughly $80 million in damages.
The message on TV and social media is clear: Call these glyphosate lawsuit attorneys to get a huge payout. So I called — just to see what happened.
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria said right off the bat that his latest ruling is “probably most disappointing for Monsanto.” The same federal jurist who earlier this month leaned toward limiting evidence of alleged misconduct against Monsanto in the case of its herbicide, Roundup, has now said that plaintiffs could introduce some evidence of the company’s […]
A federal judge overseeing lawsuits alleging that a glyphosate-based weed killer causes cancer has issued a ruling that could severely restrict evidence.
The recent Monsanto case and jury verdict is living proof that juries are finicky, as there continues to be a flurry of activity.
A San Francisco judge considered throwing out the majority of the $289 million jury award to DeWayne Johnson over his claims a weedkiller made him sick.
The Farmer’s Daughter has a bad feeling this week’s Monsanto ruling will be too much for the court of public opinion.
All signs point to litigator dollar signs, not an earnest search for the truth, in the $289 million Roundup verdict in California.