Jury Awards More Than $2.05B To California Cancer Victims In Glyphosate Trial

OAKLAND, Calif. - A California jury on May 13 awarded a husband and wife suffering from cancer $2,055,206,172.77 in total damages against Monsanto Co., finding that the company was negligent in designing, manufacturing and supplying the herbicide Roundup, which was a "substantial factor" in causing their injuries (Alva Pilliod, et al. v. Monsanto Company, No. RG17862702, Calif. Super., Alameda Co.).
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