Posted on 01/30/2024 2:38:42 PM PST by nickcarraway
John McKivison, 49, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma “after using Roundup on his property for 20 years,” his attorneys said. Bayer plans to appeal the verdict.
A Pennsylvania man who said his cancer was caused by Bayer's Roundup weed killer was awarded a $2.25 billion verdict by a Philadelphia jury.
John McKivison, 49, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma "after using Roundup on his property for 20 years," his attorneys Tom Kline and Jason Itkin said in a joint statement. He sued the Monsanto Company, which is owned by Bayer, in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
On Friday, the jury handed down the verdict, which includes $2 billion in punitive damages.
"The jury's unanimous verdict was a condemnation of 50 years of misconduct by Monsanto and a declaration that its misconduct was in reckless disregard of human safety and a substantial cause of John McKivison's cancer," Kline and Itkin said.
The attorneys said the award amount "sends a clear message that this multi-national corporation needs top to bottom change."
Bayer said it disagreed with the verdict and believes it has "strong arguments on appeal to get this verdict overturned and the unconstitutionally excessive damage award eliminated or reduced."
"While we have great sympathy for the plaintiff in this case, we are confident that our products can be used safely and are not carcinogenic, consistent with the assessments of expert regulators worldwide," the company said.
Several cancer patients and their estates have sued the company including a man in California who was awarded $332 million and another man in Philadelphia who was awarded $175 million. Bayer has said they will appeal both verdicts.
In 2015, the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer released a report suggesting glyphosate, the key ingredient in Roundup, is "probably carcinogenic to humans."
Years later, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it "found that there are no risks of concern to human health when glyphosate is used in accordance with its current label" and is "unlikely to be a human carcinogen."
"EPA did not agree with the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) conclusion that glyphosate is 'probably carcinogenic to humans,'" the agency wrote. "EPA considered a significantly more extensive and relevant dataset than the International Agency on the Research for Cancer (IARC). EPA’s database includes studies submitted to support registration of glyphosate and studies EPA identified in the open literature."
Monsanto is EVIL.. for so many many reasons.
“probably carcinogenic to humans.”
Elephants could probably fly if they flapped their ears fast enough
Jury’s be morons.
The amount sends a clear message that the jurors want to live in Venezuela.
What caused the multitude of cases of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma prior to the creation of Roundup is a complete mystery.
So long as it doesn’t turn the frogs gay, I’m okay with it.
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So does this mean going forward that crop yields will go down all over?
If not, how am I supposed to kill the poison ivy on my property when my supply runs out?
Rent a few goats. Works better than Round Up.
2 billion? Ridiculous
In one case they had an “expert” who had some vague affiliation with Harvard, testify that a woman falling on icy steps and hurting her bottom, was the cause of her developing multiple sclerosis.
The jury hears that, and that the property owner/ insurance company denied her claim, and they award her a fortune.
I doubt very much that anyone can prove weed killer caused this cancer.
It’s a very useful chemical and I believe it is used around a lot of crops.
People with little education in the natural sciences are easily swayed by junk science.
Global Cooling!
No! Global Warming!
Don’t wear a mask!
Wear a mask!
Safe and Effective!
Some schlub who never had questions about Roundup in 20 years ain't worth 2 billion plus.
Was he prevented from inventing nuclear fusion?
Bad stuff.
Glad they’re paying a price.
It’s a Philadelphia jury, they aren’t swayed by anything but sticking it to rich people sorta like a number of freepers.
“...awarded a $2.25 billion verdict by a Philadelphia jury.”
Would love to see that jury.
They seem like the kind of folks who think it’s all monopoly money, and money frows on trees.
We’re all getting doses of glyphosate in the foods we eat.
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