Bayer asks trial judge to reverse $2 billion Roundup jury verdict

- Bayer AG has asked a California judge to overrule a $2 billion verdict by jurors who found the company’s glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer responsible for a couple’s cancer, arguing the jury decision was not supported by evidence.

“The resulting trial focused not on ascertaining the truth regarding the state of the science, causation, and compliance with legal duties, but instead on vilifying Monsanto in the abstract,” the company, which bought Monsanto last year for $63 billion, said in motions filed with the court. Bayer asked Superior Court Judge Winifred Smith, who presided over the roughly seven-week long trial, to reverse the jury decision and enter judgment in Bayer’s favor, or order a new trial.

Bayer in its court filings called the punitive damages excessive and unconstitutional, and asked Smith to toss or significantly reduce the award. The large punitive damages award is likely to be reduced due to U.S. Supreme Court rulings that limit the ratio of punitive to compensatory damages to 9:1.

' WEED AND GRASS KILLER '..of course extinction is near in this changing times :)

Quelle Surprise !

wish more cases ended like this. 2B actually matters to the company, instead of the pitiful settlements some folks end up with that do nothing to encourage companies to change their behavior.

You will never see Roundup in my house. No way.

Poor MONSANTO. I mean BAYER. Awww

Although i appreciate that damage has been done,I don't understand how people using poison for many years didn't expect possible bad out come. It says gloves &masks wash off immediately. You can't assume it is healthy for you.

Good luck with that! 😂 Bayer

There is a special place in hell for the peddlers of this poison. All Bayer executives should be ordered to drink a jug of this deadly cocktail each day for the rest of their lives..

You will never see Roundup in my use. No way.

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