(L to R) Alva Pilliod, attorney Brent Wisner, Alberta Pilliod and attorney Michael Miller at a press conference after a $2 Billion verdict. Photo: Jason Doiy
The verdict marked the third time that a Bay Area jury has held Monsanto’s blockbuster herbicide responsible of causing cancer in humans.
May 13, 2019 at 05:26 PM
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The original version of this story was published on The Recorder
OAKLAND—Jurors in California have hit Monsanto Co. with a $1 billion punitive damages verdict for each plaintiff in the third trial claiming that the blockbuster herbicide Roundup causes cancer in humans.
The jury of seven men and five women also awarded the plaintiffs Alva and Alberta Pilliod millions, about $55 million in past and future economic and noneconomic damages.
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