Oct. 25, 2018
Monsanto's high-stakes glyphosate battle is just beginning
In the next few weeks, Dewayne Johnson’s lawyers will have to decide whether to accept the judge’s $210 million reduction of the jury’s award.
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There were headlines around the world in August when a San Francisco County Superior Court jury held Monsanto Co. (now a subsidiary of Bayer A.G.) responsible for Dewayne "Lee" Johnson's non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and awarded the eye-popping figure of more than $289 million in compensatory ($39.25 million) and punitive damages ($250 million). Johnson v. Monsanto et. al.,...
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