Jury Awards $857M In Total Damages Against Monsanto For PCB Injuries

(December 19, 2023, 1:54 PM EST) -- SEATTLE — A state court jury in Washington on Dec. 18 awarded plaintiffs $857 million in total damages against Monsanto Co. for injuries from exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) at a Seattle area school, finding that Monsanto was negligent because it supplied a product that was “not reasonably safe” due to the lack of adequate warnings....