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Civil Litigation

Jul. 16, 2019

Judge trims federal jury’s Monsanto verdict from $80M to $25M

A San Francisco federal judge slashed Monday a jury’s verdict for a Bay Area man who claimed Monsanto’s weed killer caused his cancer by more than $55 million to “comport with due process.”

A San Francisco federal judge slashed a jury's verdict for a Bay Area man who claimed Monsanto's weed killer caused his cancer by more than $55 million to "comport with due process."

U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria reasoned on Monday the Bayer AG-owned company's behavior "betrayed a lack of concern about the risk that its product might be carcinogenic" and trimmed ...

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