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(Reuters) -Bayer was ordered on Friday to pay $2.25 billion to a Pennsylvania man who said he developed cancer from exposure to the company's Roundup weedkiller, the man's attorneys said.

A jury in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas found that John McKivision's non-Hodgkins lymphoma was the result of using Roundup for yard work at his house for a period of several years. The verdict includes $250 million in compensatory damages and $2 billion in punitive damages.

"The jury's punitive damages award sends a clear message that this multi-national corporation needs top to bottom change," Tom Kline and Jason Itkin, McKivision's attorneys, said in a joint statement.

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[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 93 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

These are the kind of financial hits these companies should be taking. Which means, as usual, this'll get knocked down due a few hundred million tops in appeals.

[–] kusuriya@infosec.pub 27 points 1 year ago

well this is appeal 4 I think and its been swinging back and forth between Bayer owes shit and Bayer owes billions. Let's not count any dollars until this guy starts collecting.

Full transparency, Bayer is my employer, these thoughts and opinions are my own and do not reflect my employer, My bonus would look a lot better without this news, but the dude totally deserves to win because boy did Monsanto fuck him over.

[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

After dealing with Monsanto trolls who admitted to taking a paycheck from them as they disseminated pro-Monsanto rhetoric, this pleases me to no end.

[–] negativeyoda@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Shit. My dad worked for Monsanto for decades on their environmental legal team (even worked with Clarence Thomas for a bit)

I'll talk no end of shit on them

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

admitted

That’s wild.

It’s more likely they were weak and unfaithful to their unethical contract, vs. paid by a foreign state actor to stir division, right?

Imagine admitting you’re such a joke! (Or poor + reckless (could get caught), etc.)

[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They basically argued that because they work work with the products directly, that made their position on the issue superior, hence why they admitted it.

They also said it wasn't a conflict of interest, lmao.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Ah makes total sense!

[–] KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

create walter white any%

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hate that shit. Who thinks it's safe for the world to use a chemical herbicide? It's just such a stupid idea.

Not that more evidence is required, but I when I was a kid were had this dog who would just have random -- what seemed like -- asthma attacks, while out on walks. They would go away if I picked him up, and we would continue on. Eventually, I noticed it only happened in certain spots, and that those spots all used some herbicide (because they would have the ads on the lawns).

Anyway that cemented a deep disgust for that tech from a young age. Absolutely disgusting. All so you can try to get your lawn to resemble the most boring PS1-ass green polygon imaginable.