Judge Cuts Roundup Punitive Damages Award By More Than $950M, Denies New Trial

(March 18, 2024, 9:21 AM EDT) -- JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A state judge in Missouri on March 15 reduced the punitive damages awards for three plaintiffs from $1.5 billion to $549.9 million against Monsanto Co. for injuries from exposure to the herbicide Roundup but denied Monsanto’s motion for a new trial and its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV).  The judge also issued orders for each of the plaintiffs amending their respective awards....