Georgia Jury Hits Bayer-Monsanto with Staggering $2.1 Billion Ruling in Cancer Lawsuit
Atlanta, GA — A staggering $2.1 billion verdict has been handed down by a Georgia jury against agrochemical giants Bayer and Monsanto, marking another significant ruling in the litany of legal challenges surrounding the controversial weedkiller, Roundup. In a recent decision, the jury ordered the companies to pay compensatory and punitive damages for causing non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in a plaintiff, intensifying the scrutiny on the safety of widely used herbicides. This landmark case underlines the ongoing debate over the safety of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, which is classified as a probable human carcinogen by … Read more