Chemicals giant Bayer AG won’t appeal a $20.5 million jury verdict against it over Roundup, a weedkiller containing glyphosate whose use a California school groundskeeper said gave him cancer…
Appeals Court Upholds Groundskeeper’s Roundup Cancer Trial Win over Monsanto…
The Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District of California said Monday that Monsanto’s arguments were unpersuasive and Dewayne “Lee” Johnson was entitled to collect $10.25 million in compensatory damages and another $10.25 million in punitive damages. “In our view, Johnson presented abundant—and certainly substantial— evidence that glyphosate, together with the other ingredients in […]
Bayer Investors Investigate Company’s Directors for Possible Securities Fraud over Roundup Cancer Cases…
The legal announcement on Monday from Pomerantz LLP called on investors to join a class action case that will investigate Bayer’s officers and/or directors. Hagens Berman has also urged investors in Bayer who suffered $1 million or more in losses to submit their losses now for evaluation by their legal team. They stated that a […]
Bayer Reaches Verbal Deal to Settle Up to 85,000 Roundup Cancer Lawsuits…
Bayer AG has reached verbal agreements to resolve a substantial portion of an estimated 125,000 U.S. cancer lawsuits over use of its Roundup weedkiller, according to people familiar with the negotiations, Fortune reported Monday. The deals, which have yet to be signed and cover an estimated 50,000 to 85,000 suits, are part of a $10 […]
U.S. Appeals Court Bans Dicamba in Massive Shock for Bayer…
“Today’s decision is a massive win for farmers and the environment,” said George Kimbrell of the Center for Food Safety, lead counsel in the case. “It is good to be reminded that corporations like Monsanto and the Trump Administration cannot escape the rule of law, particularly at a time of crisis like this. Their day […]
FLASHBACK: Obama’s U.S. EPA Approves Toxic Dicamba Herbicide for Use on GMO Crops
“They Were Saying Horrible Things” – How Monsanto Tried to Discredit Journalists, Rockstars and Other ‘Roundup’ Critics…
Discrediting adversarial journalists and even a legendary rock star who had criticized the health hazards of roundup weedkiller. Silencing activists and alleged victims of the company’s roundup weedkiller. These Harvey Weinsten-esque tactics were employed by Monsanto owner Bayer as part of a multipronged effort to discredit its critics. The Guardian issued a lengthy report on […]
Judge Slashes Punitive Damages by $50 Million in Roundup Cancer Case…
Agrochemical company Monsanto “deserves to be punished” for misleading the public about the safety of its popular Roundup weed killer, a federal judge said in a ruling Monday, but drastically cut punitive damages awarded to a San Francisco Bay Area man with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. “Based on the evidence that came in at trial, Monsanto deserves […]
Federal Judge Denies New Roundup Trial for Monsanto…
A federal judge will not overturn a jury’s verdict in favor of a Bay Area man who claimed years of using Roundup weed killer caused him to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria’s ruling, issued late Friday, said although it was difficult to pin down Edwin Hardeman’s causation theory at trial, the defect […]
Roundup’s Risks Could Go Well Beyond Cancer…
Chemicals giant Bayer AG is reeling after a jury awarded $2 billion in damages to people who say they contracted cancer after years of using Roundup, a popular weed killer manufactured by Bayer subsidiary Monsanto Co. Bayer probably won’t pay out the full $2 billion. But more than 10,000 further cases are pending, worrying Bayer […]
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