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Bayer, the German pharmaceutical and biotechnology company, will pay Oregon $698 million to end a lawsuit over PCB pollution associated with products made by Monsanto, the agriculture giant it now owns.
Read More »Monsanto wins third verdict against cancer claims
A Jackson County jury decided that a company and its herbicide product are not liable for causing a man’s cancer.
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Read More »Bayer to settle dicamba claims as part of $12.1B agreement
Bayer has agreed to pay up to $400 million to settle claims of farmers in Missouri and elsewhere against Monsanto for crop damage they say was caused by dicamba drift.
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Read More »Bayer AG to pay up to $12.1B to settle lawsuits, including dicamba, Roundup
Bayer said it would pay up to $400 million to settle cases involving the weedkiller dicamba having drifted onto plants that weren’t bred to resist it, killing them.
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Read More »Missouri farm awarded $265M in suit against BASF and Bayer
A jury on Saturday awarded $265 million in punitive damages to a southeastern Missouri peach farmer who argued that weedkiller dicamba that had drifted onto his orchards from other farms had severely damaged his trees — an award that could ...
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Read More »Missouri farm awarded $265M in suit against BASF and Bayer
A jury on Saturday awarded $265 million in punitive damages to a southeastern Missouri peach farmer who argued that weedkiller dicamba that had drifted onto his orchards from other farms had severely damaged his trees — an award that could ...
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Read More »Landmark dicamba case survives summary judgment
A federal judge has denied Monsanto’s motion to throw out a southeast Missouri peach farm’s claims that the company sold seeds without a safe corresponding herbicide, forcing other farmers to illegally spray weed-killing chemicals that drifted onto the peach farm. ...
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Read More »8th Circuit panel affirms $21.5 million settlement in Monsanto labeling suit
A panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a $21.5 million settlement between Monsanto and a national class of plaintiffs who claimed the labeling on the concentrated version of the herbicide Roundup was misleading. The settlement, ...
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Read More »Jury: Roundup weed killer is major factor in man’s cancer
Roundup weed killer was a substantial factor in a California man’s cancer, a jury determined in the first phase of a trial that attorneys said could help determine the fate of hundreds of similar lawsuits. The unanimous verdict by the ...
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Read More »Jury: Roundup weed killer is major factor in man’s cancer
Roundup weed killer was a substantial factor in a California man’s cancer, a jury determined in the first phase of a trial that attorneys said could help determine the fate of hundreds of similar lawsuits. The unanimous verdict by the ...
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Read More »Monsanto appeals $78M verdict in Roundup suit
Agribusiness giant Monsanto on Tuesday appealed a $78 million verdict in favor of a dying California man who said the company’s widely used Roundup weed killer was a major factor in his cancer. The company filed a notice of appeal ...
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