- A California jury yesterday hit Bayer AG’s Monsanto Co. with an order to pay $2 billion in damages--including $1 billion in punitive damages for each plaintiff--to a California couple that claimed they got cancer as a result of using the company’s Roundup weedkiller for about 30 years. Monsanto is now 0 for 3 in California lawsuits over Roundup, as the previous two yielded combined damages of $159 million. (BN via BLAW) Monsanto’s legal team included lawyers from Hinshaw & Culbertson and Hollingsworth, among others. Plaintiffs were represented by Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman and The Miller Law Firm. ...
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