Monsanto must pay US$2B to couple that said Roundup caused their cancers
SAN FRANCISCO – A jury on Monday ordered agribusiness giant Monsanto
Co. to pay a combined US$2.055 billion to a couple claiming that the
company’s popular weed killer Roundup Ready caused their cancers.
Co. to pay a combined US$2.055 billion to a couple claiming that the
company’s popular weed killer Roundup Ready caused their cancers.
The jury’s verdict is the third such courtroom loss for Monsanto in
California since August, but a San Francisco law professor said it’s
likely a trial judge or appellate court will significantly reduce the
punitive damage award.
The state court jury in Oakland concluded that Monsanto’s weed killer
caused the non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma Alva Pilliod and Alberta Pilliod each
contracted. Jurors awarded them each $1 billion in punitive damages in
addition to a combined $55 million in compensatory damages.