Monsanto Has Been Ordered To Pay More Than $2 Billion To A Couple With Cancer

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A Couple Who Developed Cancer Sued Monsanto And Won More Than $2 Billion

"We have a great sympathy for Mr. and Mrs. Pilliod, but evidence in this case was clear that both have long histories of illnesses known to be substantial risk factors for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma ," it said.

Monday's decision is the latest and easily largest legal blow to the company, which is facing thousands of similar cases.handed an unanimous decision to award $290 million to Dewayne Johnson, who claimed the active ingredient in Roundup — glyphosate — caused him to develop non-Hodgkin lymphona. Monsanto said it planned to appeal that decision, with its vice president declaring"the jury got it wrong."

In March, a federal jury again found that the herbicide played a significant role in causing Edwin Hardeman, 70, to also develop cancer. In the most recent case, Alva and Alberta Pilliod, of Livermore, California, claimed that after using Roundup for more than 30 years to landscape their home and other properties they were both diagnosed with the same type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.On Monday, a jury handed down a $2.055 billion decision in favor of the Pilliods, including $1 billion each in punitive damages against Monsanto.A Man Said He Got Cancer After Spraying Monsanto's Weed Killer. A Jury Agreed.

 

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