Monsanto Not Entitled To New Trial, Says Man Who Won $289.25M Glyphosate Award

(October 4, 2018, 2:08 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The man who won a $289,254,882.32 jury award against Monsanto Co. for damages from repeated exposure to glyphosate, the active ingredient in the herbicide Roundup, on Oct. 1 filed two briefs in California state court, arguing that there was sufficient evidence to support the verdict and that the trial court has already rejected Monsanto’s arguments for a new trial with regard to causation (DeWayne Johnson v. Monsanto Company, No. CGC 16550128, Calif. Super., San Francisco Co.)....