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Juror Tells Roundup Weedkiller Lawyer to ‘Get Up and Drink It’

  • Monday’s $2 billion verdict is among the largest ever in U.S.
  • California jury wanted German company to ‘take us seriously’
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Bayer is slumping after a dressing down in the courtroom. Bloomberg’s Eric Pfanner reports.(Source: Bloomberg)

“I wanted you to get up and drink it.”

That was one juror’s response to a Bayer AG lawyer who asked for feedback in the hallway of an Oakland, California, courthouse after losing a $2.055 billion verdict Monday in a trial over whether Roundup weedkiller causes cancer.