Legal
Bayer Gets $332 Million Roundup Verdict Slashed by More Than 90%
- Jury award for surveyor who got cancer is cut to $28 million
- Monsanto unit hit with recent spate of big Roundup awards
The jury in Dennis’ case concluded that Monsanto had defectively designed Roundup, failed to properly warn the surveyor about its health risks and deserved to pay punitive damages over its mishandling of the product.
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Bayer AG’s Monsanto unit persuaded a California judge to slash by more than 90% a $332 million jury award to a former land surveyor who blamed his cancer on the company’s Roundup weedkiller.
Judge Kevin Enright in San Diego rejected Monsanto’s bid for a new trial in Michael Dennis’ lawsuit but agreed to reduce the verdict to $28 million.