California Jury Awards Record-Breaking $332 Million to Man in Landmark Lawsuit Against Monsanto’s Roundup
CARLSBAD, Calif. – A California man has been awarded $332 million in a lawsuit against Monsanto Co., claiming that his cancer was caused by the company’s Roundup weedkiller. The verdict was reached by a San Diego Superior Court jury on Tuesday. The plaintiff, Mike Dennis, a 57-year-old resident of Carlsbad, was diagnosed with a rare form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2020. He alleged that his illness was directly linked to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup. Although Dennis has been in remission for nearly three years after receiving treatment, there is still no cure for … Read more