Jury Awards More Than $2.05B To California Cancer Victims In Glyphosate Trial

Mealey's (May 20, 2019, 9:23 AM EDT) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — A California jury on May 13 awarded a husband and wife suffering from cancer $2,055,206,172.77 in total damages against Monsanto Co., finding that the company was negligent in designing, manufacturing and supplying the herbicide Roundup, which was a “substantial factor” in causing their injuries (Alva Pilliod, et al. v. Monsanto Company, No. RG17862702, Calif. Super., Alameda Co.)....