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, the corporation maintains that the Hardeman verdict “defied regulatory findings and sound science” and ...
Bayer Seeking Reversal of Hardeman Roundup Cancer Verdict
Posted January 24, 2020 in Product News and Recalls | roundup
Juror to Roundup Judge: Let Our Decision Stand
Posted August 8, 2019 in Product News and Recalls
A juror in the Roundup cancer trial brought by Edwin Hardeman has taken the unusual step of writing a letter to the judge who presided over the matter asking him to let the verdict stand without reducing it. Stating that the $80 million award was “no accident” and came about through “meticulous planning” by the jury, the letter is attributed only to “juror #5.”
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continue reading...Bayer Ordered to Roundup Mediation as New Study Links Glyphosate and Lymphoma
Posted May 31, 2019 in Product News and Recalls | roundup
A study released in March of this year may add to Bayer’s troubles as it faces over 11,000 lawsuits alleging a link between the main compound in its Roundup weed killer and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The corporation has already lost three jury trials over the issue and pressure is mounting to reach some sort of settlement.
The study comes from the International Journal of Epidemiology and is the largest of its ...
continue reading...Latest Roundup Cancer Verdict to Cost Bayer $80 Million
Posted April 17, 2019 in Product News and Recalls | roundup
“A responsible company would test its product. A responsible company would tell their customers if they knew it causes cancer.” These are the words that Edwin Hardeman’s attorney used to send a San Francisco jury into back deliberations; this time to put a value on Hardeman’s life and his battle against non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Aimee Wagstaff, one of Hardeman’s attorneys in the trial, pushed the jury to come back with ...
Roundup Cancer Trial Jury Finds Glyphosate Responsible for Man’s Cancer
Posted March 28, 2019 in Product News and Recalls | roundup
A San Francisco jury finds Roundup caused a man’s cancer just as it was about to enter its second week of deliberations. In the second Roundup cancer trial to be heard in a courtroom, final arguments in Edwin Hardeman’s case against the manufacturer (Monsanto was purchased by Bayer for $63 billion) were delivered last week and the jury had been deliberating since. As those closely watching the ...
