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BAYER LOSES TWO ROUNDUP LAWSUITS, WILL APPEAL
Oct. 30, 2023
Agri-Pulse reports:
After nine straight court victories in Roundup cancer cases, Bayer (being sued as Monsanto) has now lost the last two, the latest when a jury awarded a Philadelphia man $175 million on claims that he contracted non-Hodgkin lymphoma after using the weedkiller for years.
A jury in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas returned the verdict Friday. It includes $25 million in compensatory damages and $150 million in punitive damages for plaintiff Ernest Caranci.
In a decision earlier this month in Missouri in a separate Roundup case, a state court jury awarded $1.25 million to plaintiff John Durnell.
Bayer said it would be appealing both decisions. On the latest decision, a spokesperson said, "We respectfully disagree with the jury's divided verdict and are confident we can get this unfounded verdict overturned and the excessive damage awards reduced through our appeal."
Bayer alleged "significant and reversible legal and evidentiary errors made during this trial" and noted it is still 9-2 in the last 11 cases that have gone to trial.
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