Cancer

Pennsylvania Jury Awards $2.25 Billion Verdict Against Monsanto and Bayer in Roundup Cancer Case

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Philadelphia, PA – In a landmark decision, a Pennsylvania jury has ordered Monsanto and its parent company, Bayer, to pay a staggering $2.25 billion in damages after ruling that the popular herbicide Roundup caused a man’s cancer. The plaintiff, John McKivison, 49, filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming that his non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma was a direct result of using Roundup on his property for over twenty years. The jury’s verdict was reached in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court and includes $2 billion in punitive damages. According to McKivison’s attorneys at Kline & Specter law firm, the … Read more

Landmark Verdict: Agrochemical Giant Monsanto Hit with $2.25 Billion Punitive Damages in Roundup Cancer Lawsuit

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Philadelphia, PA – Agrochemical giant Monsanto was hit with a staggering $2.25 billion verdict, including $2 billion in punitive damages, by a jury in a lawsuit filed by a man who claimed he developed cancer after using the company’s weed killer, Roundup. John McKivison, 49, alleged that his non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma was a result of using Roundup on his property for two decades. The unanimous verdict, returned by the jury on Friday, concluded that Roundup is a cancer-causing product and that Monsanto was negligent in failing to warn about its dangers. McKivison’s lawyers, Tom Kline and … Read more

Landmark Ruling: EPA Prohibited from Implementing Civil Rights Act in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’

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BATON ROUGE, Louisiana – A federal judge has issued an injunction preventing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from enforcing a provision of the Civil Rights Act in an area of Louisiana known as “Cancer Alley.” This decision comes after a lawsuit was filed against the EPA, accusing the agency of failing to protect the predominantly Black residents from environmental harm. The region known as “Cancer Alley” stretches along the Mississippi River, from Baton Rouge to New Orleans, and is home to numerous petrochemical plants and industrial facilities. It has gained its name due to the … Read more

Landmark Hearing Begins as Plaintiffs Allege Cancer Caused by Zantac, Raising Validity Questions for Popular Heartburn Medication

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Wilmington, Delaware – A Delaware Superior Court judge is set to preside over a case today involving plaintiffs who allege that the popular heartburn medication Zantac caused their cancer. The judge’s main task will be to determine the validity of the methodologies used to establish a connection between this widely-used antacid and certain types of cancer. If the methodologies are deemed valid, the lawsuits against the drug maker will proceed to trial. The lawsuits claim that Zantac, which was discontinued globally by its manufacturer in September 2019 due to concerns about a potentially cancer-causing chemical … Read more