Bayer Receives Extraordinary Verdict of $ 2 Billion in Third Roundup Trial –

May 13, 2019

Bayer AG was ordered to pay more than $ 2 billion in damages to a Californian couple who claimed to have contracted cancer because of the use of its Roundup herbicide for approximately 30 years.

The verdict was rendered Monday by a jury of a state court in Oakland, California

According to information provided by Bloomberg, it is the most significant compensation awarded by a jury in the United States this year. and the eighth largest in a product malfunction complaint.

The verdict is a blow to Bayer who, in June of last year, bought Roundup's maker, Monsanto. Bayer, who said he would appeal the result, has so far lost three trials followed by claims that Roundup would be carcinogenic.

The jury agreed that the use of Roundup by Alva and Alberta Pilliod for about 30 years for residential landscaping According to media reports, "an important factor" led them to develop non-Hodgkin's lymphoma .

According to his information, his lawyer allegedly claimed approximately $ 55 million in damages for the couple's medical expenses and suffering. A billion dollars to punish society.

Monsanto is prosecuted in at least 13,400 cases in the United States.

Bayer also appealed previous verdicts: one in a state court in California in August 2018 and another in federal court in March of that year.

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