A Cobb County, Georgia, jury awarded plaintiff John Barnes $2.065 billion in compensation and damages on March 21 in … the latest Roundup product-liability verdict against Bayer’s glyphosate-based weed killer. … Bayer … plans to file an appeal based on a number of grounds. Despite the latest setback, the company has won 17 of the last 25 cases where judgements were entered at trial.
[Bayer’s stock dropped more than 7% on March 24, cutting the company’s valuation by almost $1.8 billion]Final judgements in Roundup litigation have reduced damages awarded by juries by more than 90%, according to the company. In addition, Bayer said the damages in the Barnes case are “constitutionally excessive” and “cannot stand.” The judge in the Barnes case dismissed the majority of claims before it went to the jury, Bayer said, because they “were not supported” by the evidence or law.
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The Georgia verdict comes just after the Georgia House of Representatives passed SB144. The bill, also passed by the state senate, protects manufacturers of fertilizers, plant growth regulators or pesticides from legal liability for not warning consumers of health risks above what is already required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. … ย Similar legislation is in the works in Idaho, Iowa, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Tennessee.
