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A Pennsylvania jury handed down a $2.25 billion verdict against Monsanto and its parent company, Bayer, after determining its Roundup herbicide product caused a man’s cancer, the plaintiff’s lawyers announced.

(CNN) — A Pennsylvania jury handed down a $2.25 billion verdict against Monsanto and its parent company, Bayer, after determining its Roundup herbicide product caused a man’s cancer, the plaintiff’s

A San Francisco jury concluded in mid-March 2019 that exposure to Roundup herbicide caused a man's cancer. It is the second such decision in a year.

Bayer is sticking to its legal strategy of trying individual Roundup cases in court, even as a series of recent losses has some investors and plaintiffs’ lawyers questioning the wisdom of that approach.

Valorie Gunther of New York, Jimmy Draeger of Missouri and Daniel Anderson of California have all been diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma from the spray.

Mike Dennis, a 57-year-old resident of Carlsbad, California, was diagnosed with a non-Hodgkins lymphoma in 2020, which he attributed to Roundup weedkiller manufactured by Monsanto.

In St. Louis, Missouri, Bayer AG must pay John Durnell $1.25 million over link between Roundup and non-Hodgkins lymphoma cancer diagnosis.

The company seeks to avoid potentially billions of dollars in damages in Roundup-related lawsuits.

A judge will allow a jury to hear evidence showing corporate misconduct at Monsanto during the first phase of a Roundup trial set to begin Feb. 25.

The Missouri trial included three plaintiffs who have non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, allegedly because of Roundup exposure.