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The number of cases alleging that Roundup, Monsanto’s former flagship product, causes cancer exceeded 10,000. The second of those cases to receive a verdict, in which the plaintiff was a California school groundskeeper named Edwin Hardeman, was first decided in March of 2019. Monsanto and its parent company, Bayer AG, vowed to appeal, and that appeal does not seem to be going well for the agrochemical giant. The huge crop of lawsuits generally allege that Roundup and its major active componen...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: This week, we take a close look at an appeal from the first jury trial in a flood of litigation alleging that a popular pesticide causes cancer. The Court affirms a jury verdict and damages award in the first major multidistrict litigation trial over Monsanto pesticide Roundup.  Panel: Judges Hawkins, N.R. Smith, and Nelson, with Judge Nelson writing the opinion, and Judge N.R. Smith dissenting.  Key Highlight: “We are aware this ...

A jury in 2019 awarded a Northern California man $5.3 million in compensation for his cancer and punitive damages, which are intended to punish a defendant and deter future misconduct. The jury found that punitive damages were required because Monsanto had failed to warn users about its product, Roundup.

Appeals Court Rejects Bayer Appeal of $25M Roundup Cancer Verdict A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a $25 million judgment and trial verdict finding Bayer’s Roundup caused a California resident’s non-Hodgkin lymphoma, dealing a blow to the chemical company’s hopes of limiting its legal risk over the weed-killer. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco rejected Bayer’s argument that lawsuits like Edwin Hardeman’s never should go to trial because federal pesticide ...

Agriculture your username 7 hours ago The Ninth Circuit affirmed a Roundup herbicide judgment on Friday in favor of the plaintiff, Edwin Hardeman, in a bellwether trial lawsuit. The panel held that the California Northern District Court properly ruled that the carcinogenic risk of glyphosate, the active ingredient, was known at the time the plaintiff was using Roundup.  The court unanimously determined that the plaintiff’s failure to warn allegations are not preempted by the Federal Ins...

Appeals court upholds $25M award in Monsanto cancer case The jurors found that Roundup’s design was defective, it lacked sufficient cancer warnings and its manufacturer was negligent. Credit: AP Photo/Haven Daley, File In this Feb. 24, 2019, file photo, containers of Roundup are displayed on a store shelf in San Francisco. Author: Associated Press Updated: 9:11 PM CDT May 15, 2021 SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a $25 million award ag...

Court upholds $25.2 million in damages in Roundup herbicide cancer case FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 Containers of Roundup on a store shelf in San Francisco.Haven Daley/Associated PressShow MoreShow Less 2of2 Edwin Hardeman is joined his attorneys Jennifer Moore, left, and Aimee Wagstaff, as they discuss the jury’s decision against Monsanto in Hardeman’s lawsuit in 2019.Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less A federal appeals court upheld $25.2 million in damages Friday for a Ba...

Appeals court upholds $25M award in Monsanto cancer case by Associated Press, The Associated Press Posted May 14, 2021 7:38 pm EDT Last Updated May 14, 2021 at 7:44 pm EDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a $25 million award against agribusiness giant Monsanto Co. in a lawsuit that alleged a California man developed cancer from exposure to its best-selling weed killer, Roundup. In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Monsanto’s...

A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a $25 million judgment and trial verdict finding Bayer's Roundup caused a California resident's non

Bayer Loses Second Roundup Appeal, A Blow to Curbing Suits May 15 2021, 3:20 AM May 14 2021, 9:42 PM May 15 2021, 3:20 AM (Bloomberg) -- Bayer AG lost its second appeal of the three jury verdicts finding that the company’s Roundup weed killer causes cancer.The U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco refused on Friday to overturn the 2019 decision in the only case to go to trial in federal court. The decision may embolden consumers to bring more claims beyond the many thousands the company i...