A California jury awarded $2 billion in damages Monday to a couple who were both diagnosed with cancer after using Roundup weedkiller for decades.
May 13 (UPI) — A California jury awarded $2 billion in damages Monday to a couple who were both diagnosed with cancer after using Roundup weedkiller for decades.
The Alameda County Superior Court jury voted 11-1 to order Bayern AG to pay $1 billion to both Alva Pilliod, 76 and Alberta Pilliod, 74, as well as $18 million and $37 million respectively in additional damages for pain and suffering and economic loss.
The jury also unanimously found that Monsanto Co. — the company that makes Roundup and was purchased by Bayern AG last year — should be punished for warning to tell customers that the herbicide was dangerous.
