A San Diego jury has ordered Bayer, parent company of agrochemical company Monsanto, to pay $332 million to a 51-year-old man who claimed he developed cancer from exposure to the popular herbicide Roundup.
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Inside the Mass-Tort Machine that Powers Thousands of Weedkiller Roundup Lawsuits
In late 2016, a group of plaintiffs’ lawyers took the stage at the year’s largest gathering of their colleagues to talk up a promising new target. For 30 minutes, they laid out arguments linking the popular weedkiller Roundup to cancer. An arm of the World Health Organization had pegged Roundup’s main chemical ingredient as a… Continue reading Inside the Mass-Tort Machine that Powers Thousands of Weedkiller Roundup Lawsuits
Bayer Proposes Paying $8 Billion to Settle Roundup Cancer Claims
Bayer AG is proposing to pay as much as $8 billion to settle more than 18,000 U.S. lawsuits alleging its Roundup herbicide causes cancer, according to people familiar with the negotiations. An agreement, which could take months to work out, would ease investor pressure over massive litigation exposure the German drug and chemical giant took… Continue reading Bayer Proposes Paying $8 Billion to Settle Roundup Cancer Claims
Judge to Slash $2 Billion Award for Couple with Cancer in Roundup Lawsuit
A California judge will slash a $2 billion judgment against Bayer AG, which had been awarded to a couple who both developed cancer after decades of using Roundup to kill weeds. The damages award announced in May marked the largest to date in the litany of lawsuits tying the top-selling herbicide to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. But… Continue reading Judge to Slash $2 Billion Award for Couple with Cancer in Roundup Lawsuit