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- New Roundup Lawsuits Continue Throwing Light on Possible EPA Failure
A new series of lawsuits has been filed against Roundup maker Bayer over allegations that the key ingredient in the weedkiller causes cancer. Over 125,000 lawsuits have been filed in the matter thus far and even as Bayer plans to remove glyphosate from the product, the company is girding for a bumpy...
- Supreme Court Rules Roundup Lawsuits Can Continue
After years of trials and appeals at every decision not in its favor, Bayer was dealt a crushing blow last month when the United States Supreme Court ruled that lawsuits over its flagship weedkiller Roundup and its controversial main ingredient would be allowed to continue. The Court also ruled that...
- Federal Court Upholds Hardeman Roundup Cancer Verdict
When a jury awarded Edwin Hardeman $80 million in April of 2019, it was just the start of a long, arduous battle to keep the funds that were supposed to compensate him for what would be lost from his life as he fought non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The jury concluded that his condition was caused by sust...
- Bayer Agrees to $2 Billion Settlement for Future Roundup Claims
After setting aside nearly $10 billion to settle over 125,000 claims from victims who alleged that Bayer’s flagship weed killer Roundup gave them cancer, the corporation has set aside another $2 billion for those whose cancer has not yet been diagnosed, but could be attributed to exposure to the p...
- Bayer Moves to Settle Roundup Cases for $10 Billion
It looks like Bayer got its bargain. In a move that has shocked most in the press by its size and scope, the company that acquired Monsanto for $63 billion will set aside a bit more than $10 billion to settle current and future claims that Monsanto’s flagship weed killer Roundup causes cancer. Whe...
- Appeal Heard in Landmark Roundup Verdict
The verdict that served as the flashpoint for a flood of lawsuits that have erased over 30% of Bayer’s market value is under appeal in a California courtroom. At stake is not only the $78 million remainder of the original $289 million verdict awarded to school groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson, but al...
- Bayer to Change Roundup Label as Part of Settlement
Another hole has formed in the dam between Bayer and a flood of lawsuits that accuse the corporation, and Monsanto before it, of creating and marketing a product that causes cancer. The settlement, announced earlier this month, does not impact or settle the nearly 50,000 lawsuits alleging that the u...
- Leaks Indicate Roundup Cancer Settlement May be on Horizon
No one is authorized to speak about it, but sources familiar with the matter say that a settlement may be getting closer as Bayer looks to fend off the onslaught of lawsuits claiming that Roundup causes non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The corporation has gone to court three times to defend its flagship we...
- Roundup Cancer Trial Postponed Yet Again as Settlement Talks Continue
Winston v. Monsanto was scheduled to start in October of 2019. Like the cases that came before it, the plaintiff was waiting to argue that they’d developed non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma as a direct result of their use of Roundup. Glyphosate, the main ingredient in the popular weed killer, has been link...
- Bayer Seeking Reversal of Hardeman Roundup Cancer Verdict
Not content with a $55 million reduction in the amount it was ordered to pay California resident Edwin Hardeman for causing him to develop non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Bayer has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit to reverse the remaining $25 million in the verdict. According to Reuters...
