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 the $25 million judgement in favor of one of the first plaintiffs in the lawsuits ...
Supreme Court Rules Roundup Lawsuits Can Continue
Posted July 22, 2022 in Product News and Recalls | roundup
Federal Court Upholds Hardeman Roundup Cancer Verdict
Posted May 27, 2021 in Product News and Recalls
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 sustained exposure to glyphosate; the key ingredient in Bayer’s flagship weed killer Roundup.
His attorney did ...
continue reading...Bayer Seeking Reversal of Hardeman Roundup Cancer Verdict
Posted January 24, 2020 in Product News and Recalls | roundup
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” ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
