Bayer's $2 Billion Roundup Damages Boost Pressure to Settle

German company lost two earlier trials over popular weedkiller
Husband and wife claimed they got cancer from using herbicide

Bayer is slumping after a dressing down in the courtroom. Bloomberg’s Eric Pfanner reports.(Source: Bloomberg)

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By Joel Rosenblatt and Tim Loh

May 13, 2019 at 8:54 PM UTC

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May 14, 2019 at 11:02 AM UTC

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Bayer AG was ordered to pay more than $2 billion in damages to a California couple that claimed they got cancer as a result of using its Roundup weedkiller for about three decades, raising pressure on the company to settle thousands of similar lawsuits.