In Roundup Case, U.S. Judge Cuts $2 Billion Verdict Against Bayer to $86 Million
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A California judge on Thursday reduced a $2 billion jury verdict, slashing the award for a couple who blamed Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup for their cancer to $86.7 million, according to a Reuters report.
A California Superior Court judge in Oakland said the jury’s billion-dollar punitive damages awards were excessive and unconstitutional, but rejected Bayer’s request to strike the punitive award outright, writes Reuters’ Tina Bellon.
The order could result in plaintiffs Alva and Alberta Pilliod receiving $17 million in compensatory and $69 million in punitive damages, down from $55 million and $2 billion, respectively.
