Bayer Braces for Third Roundup Verdict
- California couple alleges herbicide caused them to get cancer
- Two previous jury trials have yielded $159 million in damages
Weeds are sprayed with a bottle of Bayer AG Roundup brand weedkiller.
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The jury in Bayer AG’s third Roundup weedkiller trial was urged by a plaintiffs’ lawyer to consider socking the company with $1 billion in damages as punishment for covering up the health risks of the herbicide for decades.
The aggressive demand on behalf an elderly couple who claim they got cancer from exposure to Roundup shows that plaintiffs are becoming bolder after winning the first two trials against Bayer, which together yielded $159 million in damages.