CBS: Judge says they intend to strike down $289 million verdict in Monsanto Roundup case and seek new trial
On Wednesday, a judge in San Francisco judge announced that she is “considering tossing out the lion’s share of the $289 million judgment against agribusiness giant Monsanto and ordering a new trial over whether the company’s weed-killer caused a groundskeeper’s cancer.” 1 “The San Francisco jury in August said Monsanto knew, or should have known, its best-selling Roundup weed-killer causes cancer and hit the company with $250 million in punitive damages, which are designed to punish companies who act recklessly. The jury also awarded DeWayne Johnson $33 million in so-called “pain-and-suffering” damages and $6 million in actual damages. But Bolanos issued...
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