Cancer

San Diego County Jury Awards Multi-Million Dollar Verdict in Monsanto Cancer Lawsuit

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CARLSBAD, Calif. – A San Diego County jury has reached a multi-million dollar verdict in a lawsuit between a local man and the chemical giant Monsanto Company, which is now owned by Bayer. The lawsuit, filed in November 2021, alleged that the man’s rare cancer diagnosis was linked to his years of using the popular weed killer Roundup. The plaintiff, Mike Dennis, who is 57 years old, was diagnosed with mycosis fungoides, a rare form of T-cell lymphoma, in 2020. His attorneys argued that the active ingredient in Roundup, glyphosate, causes DNA damage and leads … Read more

Landmark Verdict: Man Awarded $332 Million in Lawsuit Against Monsanto Over Roundup’s Link to Cancer

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CARLSBAD, Calif. – A California jury has awarded a man $332 million in a lawsuit against Monsanto Co., alleging that his cancer was caused by the company’s Roundup weedkiller. The ruling was made by a San Diego Superior Court jury in favor of Mike Dennis, a resident of Carlsbad who was diagnosed with a rare form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2020. Dennis claimed that his illness was directly linked to the glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup. Although he has been in remission for nearly three years after undergoing treatment, there is currently no cure … Read more

Missouri Jury Awards Massive $1.56 Billion Verdict in Roundup Cancer Case Against Bayer

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COLUMBIA, Missouri — A Missouri jury has ordered pharmaceutical company Bayer to pay a total of $1.56 billion in damages to three individuals who alleged that their cancer was caused by the weed killer Roundup. The plaintiffs, Daniel Anderson of California, Jimmy Draeger of Missouri, and Valorie Gunther of New York, all used Roundup to combat weeds on their properties and later developed non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which they claimed was a result of their use of the herbicide. The jury’s decision included $500 million in punitive damages and between $5.6 million and $38 million in compensatory … Read more

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Settles Lawsuit, Agrees to Pay $19.5 Million in Improper Billing Case

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TAMPA, FL – H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute has reached a settlement in a lawsuit over improper billing for clinical trial costs. According to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice, the Tampa-based non-profit cancer treatment and research center has agreed to pay more than $19.5 million. The settlement resolves allegations that Moffitt violated the False Claims Act by billing federal health care programs for clinical research studies that were not eligible for reimbursement. The lawsuit claimed that Moffitt wrongly billed Medicare and other federal programs for research trials that … Read more