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Bayer Loses Roundup Appeal at Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United States has rejected a request by Bayer to overrule a verdict awarding $25 million to Edwin Hardeman, a California resident who claimed he developed cancer from using Roundup weedkiller on his property. This is a huge blow...
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Bayer Seeks to Overturn $87 Million Roundup Verdict Bayer is again asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review one of the recent multi-million dollar Roundup verdicts against the company in Roundup cancer lawsuits. In this case, the company has asked the Supreme Court to overrule their recent lawsuit ruling that...
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The saga continues. Roundup manufacturer Monsanto (now known as Bayer AG following an acquisition) scored its first Roundup lawsuit trial win on October 5 when a jury ruled that Roundup herbicide was not a "substantial cause" of the plaintiff's non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Bayer has previously lost three jury trials involving Roundup...
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Bayer has asked the Supreme Court to reverse a $25 million verdict in a recent Roundup lawsuit, arguing that the Roundup chemical glyphosate is safe to use and therefore the company did not have to warn consumers. Bayer also argued that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals allowed inappropriate testimony...
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A California appeals court upheld an $87 million verdict against Bayer in a lawsuit alleging that Roundup caused plaintiffs’ cancer. The loss is yet another setback for Bayer in ongoing Roundup lawsuits. The company recently announced it was setting aside another $4.5 billion for anticipated legal costs and potential settlements....
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On July 29th, 2021, pharmaceutical and agricultural giant Bayer announced that they would stop selling glyphosate-based products, including popular weed killer Roundup, to residential consumers starting in 2023. This is part of a five-point plan to reduce the risk of future Roundup lawsuits surrounding allegations that exposure to Roundup and...
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Roundup Lawsuit Costs Continue to Pile Up for Bayer Bayer faces potentially massive costs in thousands of Roundup lawsuits. On July 29, the company announced that it was setting aside an additional $4.5 billion to cover the ongoing litigation and potential settlements and/or verdicts. Bayer has already set aside roughly...
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Following a series of high-profile losses in civil court and facing more than 13,000 additional lawsuits, Bayer is sending signals that a Roundup lawsuit settlement may be happening soon. A Roundup settlement would have far-reaching consequences for the thousands of groundskeepers and agricultural workers who allege the popular weed killer...
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