WaPo: “A Georgia jury found pharmaceutical and agricultural products giant Bayer liable for more than $2 billion in damages to a plaintiff who argued that Roundup weed killer caused his cancer, the latest hit in a series of legal fights over the herbicide glyphosate.
The penalties awarded by jurors on Friday include $65 million in compensatory damages and $2 billion in punitive damages, plaintiff’s law firms Arnold & Itkin and Kline & Specter told The Washington Post in a statement. Bayer’s Monsanto subsidiary said it would appeal the verdict.”