-- Bayer has been ordered to pay $2.25 billion to a Pennsylvania plaintiff who claims he developed cancer from exposure to the company's Roundup weedkiller, Reuters reports, citing the man's attorneys.

-- A jury in a Philadelphia court found that the plaintiff's non-Hodgkins lymphoma was caused by using Roundup for yard work at his home over the course of several years, according to the report.

-- The verdict includes $2 billion in punitive damages and $250 million in compensatory damages.

-- Bayer told Reuters that it plans to appeal and that the verdict "conflicts with the overwhelming weight of scientific evidence and worldwide regulatory and scientific assessments."


Full story: https://www.reuters.com/legal/bayer-ordered-pay-225-billion-latest-roundup-trial-2024-01-26/


Write to Dean Seal at dean.seal@wsj.com


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