A federal jury has awarded $80 million to a California man after determining that Monsanto is liable and that its popular weedkiller Roundup was a substantial factor in causing his cancer
The jury in San Francisco awarded compensatory damages at $5.27 million and punitive damages of $75 million to the plaintiff, Edwin Hardeman. During the first phase of the trial, the jury dealt a blow to Monsanto last week, saying Roundup was a substantial factor in causing Hardeman's non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Edwin Hardeman claims Roundup caused his cancer. A federal jury in San Francisco sided with him.The second phase focused on the question whether Monsanto is liable.
The plaintiffs are suing Monsanto, claiming the product gave them non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The verdict in Hardeman's case may influence other cases. Last August, in the first state trial over whether Roundup can cause cancer, California jurors awarded former school groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson $289 million in punitive and compensatory damages.Glyphosate increases cancer risk by 41%, study saysA judge later reduced the total award to $78 million.
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