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Bayer was ordered by a jury in Georgia to pay about $2.1 billion to a plaintiff who claimed the corporate’s Roundup weed killer brought about his most cancers, the plaintiff’s regulation companies stated on Friday.Bayer stated on Saturday it might attraction the decision, which is without doubt one of the largest authorized settlements issued in a Roundup-related case.Bayer advised U.S. lawmakers it may cease promoting Roundup except they strengthened authorized safety in opposition to product legal responsibility litigation.
Bayer was ordered by a jury within the U.S. state of Georgia to pay about $2.1 billion to a plaintiff who claimed the corporate’s Roundup weed killer brought about his most cancers, the plaintiff’s regulation companies stated late on Friday.
The decision, which Bayer stated on Saturday it might attraction, is without doubt one of the largest authorized settlements issued in a Roundup-related case and is the most recent setback for the group, among the many world’s largest seeds and pesticides makers.
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Bayer has paid about $10 billion to settle disputed claims that Roundup, based mostly on the herbicide glyphosate, causes most cancers. Over 60,000 additional instances are pending for which the group has put aside $5.9 billion in authorized provisions.
Bayer’s Roundup is proven on the market in Encinitas, California, U.S., June 26, 2017. (REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Picture) (REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Picture / Reuters Photographs)
The German pharmaceutical and biotechnology group acquired Roundup as a part of its $63 billion takeover of U.S. agrochemical firm Monsanto in 2018.
Bayer stated in an announcement it disagreed with the jury’s verdict, because it conflicted with the overwhelming weight of scientific proof and the consensus of regulatory our bodies and their scientific assessments worldwide.
Bayer has put aside $5.9 billion in authorized provisions for its greater than 60,000 pending instances alleging that Roundup causes most cancers. (Reuters/Wolfgang Rattay/File Picture / Reuters)
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“We believe that we have strong arguments on appeal to get this verdict overturned and the excessive and unconstitutional damage awards eliminated or reduced,” it stated.
It stated that damages in instances which have reached ultimate judgments have been diminished by 90% general in contrast with the unique jury awards.
Earlier this month, Bayer advised U.S. lawmakers it may cease promoting Roundup except they strengthened authorized safety in opposition to product legal responsibility litigation, a monetary analyst and particular person near the matter advised Reuters.
