{"id":2104076,"date":"2023-11-20T15:16:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T20:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bayer-to-pay-1-56b-in-most-recent-trial-over-roundup-weedkiller-causing-cancer-other-injuries\/"},"modified":"2023-11-20T15:19:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T20:19:38","slug":"bayer-to-pay-1-56b-in-most-recent-trial-over-roundup-weedkiller-causing-cancer-other-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bayer-to-pay-1-56b-in-most-recent-trial-over-roundup-weedkiller-causing-cancer-other-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayer To Pay $1.56B In Most Recent Trial Over Roundup Weedkiller Causing Cancer, Other Injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbayer-to-pay-1-56b-in-most-recent-trial-over-roundup-weedkiller-causing-cancer-other-injuries%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2104076&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bayer \u2062logo stands over Bayer corporate offices \u200cin \u2063Berlin, Germany. The company confirmed earlier today\u200d that it \u200bhas sealed\u2063 the deal\u2063 to buy Monsanto for USD 66 billion.\u2064 (Photo by Sean Gallup\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>12:01 PM \u2013 \u2062Friday, November \u200c17, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>Four plaintiffs claimed that Bayer\u2019s Roundup weedkiller caused injuries, including cancer, and a Missouri jury awarded them \u200d$1.56 billion. This \u2063decision \u2063might\u2062 increase investor pressure \u2062on the \u200bGerman pharmaceutical and agricultural chemicals corporation to alter its legal approach.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>According\u2064 to court papers, a\u2063 jury in\u2062 Cole County, Missouri,\u2063 on Friday concluded \u2062that Bayer\u2019s Monsanto\u200c company was accountable for \u200dcarelessness, design flaws, and neglecting to notify plaintiffs about the\u200b possible risks associated with using Roundup.<\/p>\n<p>The three plaintiffs\u2014Jammy Draeger of Missouri, Daniel Anderson of\u200c California, and Valorie Gunther of \u2062New York\u2014were\u2062 given awards totaling $61.1 million, including $500 million \u200cin punitive damages. Each received a non-Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis, which they\u2064 said was brought on by spraying Roundup on their family\u2019s land. Brenda, Draeger\u2019s wife, received a $100,000 settlement for the alleged injuries she sustained\u2063 as\u200d a result of her \u2062husband\u2019s illness.<\/p>\n<p>Since the punitive damages \u2062exceed the direction of the U.S. Supreme Court, they may \u2063be reduced on\u200c appeal.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bayer, glyphosate, the active component in\u2064 Roundup, has been \u2062established through \u200c\u201cdecades of research to be safe\u201d for human usage.<\/p>\n<p>After nine consecutive trials in which \u2062the business was deemed not responsible \u200bto\u200b plaintiffs, this\u2062 ruling represents\u200b Bayer\u2019s fourth straight setback in \u200bcourt. One of Bayer\u2019s top ten shareholders, Union Investment, urged the company \u2062earlier this month to think about reaching out to plaintiffs \u2063in an effort \u2063to resolve additional disputes.<\/p>\n<p>The first of many victories\u200d on behalf of thousands of plaintiffs was declared in a statement by Bart Rankin, a partner at\u200d Forrest Weldon, who\u2062 represented them.<\/p>\n<p>However, in a \u200cstatement, Bayer stated that it had compelling reasons\u200b to get the most recent rulings reversed in an appeal.<\/p>\n<p>It claimed that in the\u2063 previous legal cases against the corporation, plaintiffs \u2062were wrongfully allowed to distort the safety evaluation conducted\u200b by the U.S. Environmental Protection \u2064Agency and the European Union\u2019s glyphosate renewal procedure.<\/p>\n<p>Following the failure of EU \u200bmember states to provide a definitive position on the renewal, the European Commission said last week that it\u2063 will extend its approval \u200dof glyphosate based on safety evaluations from\u200d the European Food \u2063Agency \u200cand European Chemicals Agency.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately \u2063165,000\u2064 lawsuits have \u2063been filed against\u200c the company for \u200dclaims of personal injury\u200d brought on by Roundup, which Bayer purchased\u2063 in\u200c 2018 as part of its $63 billion acquisition of the agricultural\u200c business Monsanto.<\/p>\n<p>Bayer paid up to $10.9 billion\u2064 to resolve the majority of the outstanding Roundup\u2062 lawsuits in\u2062 2020. \u200dApproximately fifty thousand claims are still outstanding, as per regulatory filings.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed!\u2063 Receive breaking news\u200d blasts \u200cdirectly to your \u2064inbox\u2062 for \u200dfree. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Alex Newman<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Ami Kozar<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Jacob Chansley<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Karen England<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Microsoft emerged on Monday as the big winner\u200c of the upheaval at OpenAI, \u200chiring ousted CEO \u2064Sam Altman and other key staff of the startup.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>OpenAI named ex-Twitch boss Emmett Shear as \u200cinterim CEO, while outgoing chief Sam Altman is set to join \u200dbacker Microsoft in a surprise\u200d turn of events for the startup.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>OpenAI\u2019s staff has threatened to quit the\u2063 AI startup \u2064and\u2062 join former boss Sam Altman at Microsoft\u2019s new division unless \u200cthe board resigns.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The board of the company behind ChatGPT fired\u2062 CEO Sam Altman,\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/death-toll-rises-to-at-least-130-in-kenya-somalia-and-ethiopia-floods\/\" title=\"Death Toll Rises To At Least 130 In Kenya, Somalia And Ethiopia Floods\">sending shock\u200b waves<\/a> across \u200bthe tech\u200c industry.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> \u200dHow did the recent $1.56 billion verdict against Bayer in \u200cthe Roundup\u200b lawsuit increase investor pressure\u200c on the company?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Title: Bayer \u2064Faces Investor Pressure\u200d as Missouri\u2064 Jury Awards $1.56 Billion in Roundup Lawsuit<\/p>\n<p>Introduction<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, November \u206217, a jury in \u2064Cole County, Missouri concluded that\u2063 Bayer&#8217;s \u2062Monsanto company\u200b was \u200caccountable \u2064for negligence and\u200b design\u2063 flaws relating\u2063 to its \u200cRoundup weedkiller. The jury awarded four plaintiffs a total of $1.56 \u2063billion, including\u200c punitive \u2062damages. This ruling marks another setback\u200b in court\u2062 for Bayer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bayer-to-pay-1-56b-in-most-recent-trial-over-roundup-weedkiller-causing-cancer-other-injuries\/\" title=\"Bayer To Pay .56B In Most Recent Trial Over Roundup Weedkiller Causing Cancer, Other Injuries\">potentially \u2062increasing investor pressure<\/a> on the German pharmaceutical\u200b and \u2063agricultural \u200dchemicals corporation to alter\u200c its \u2063legal \u2064approach.<\/p>\n<p>The Verdict and Awards<\/p>\n<p>According to court papers, the jury found that Monsanto failed \u2064to inform plaintiffs about \u200cthe potential \u200crisks associated with the use of Roundup and was therefore \u200cresponsible for their injuries, including cancer. The three plaintiffs, \u200dJammy\u2064 Draeger of Missouri, Daniel Anderson of\u200d California,\u200d and \u200bValorie Gunther of\u200b New York, were awarded a total \u2064of $61.1 million, with \u200dpunitive damages amounting\u200c to\u2063 $500 \u200bmillion. Each \u200cplaintiff had been\u200c diagnosed with non-Hodgkin \u2062lymphoma, which they claimed was caused by exposure \u2064to Roundup on their family&#8217;s land. \u2062Brenda Draeger, Jammy Draeger&#8217;s\u200b wife, \u2063received a $100,000 settlement for\u2063 alleged injuries sustained as a result of her husband&#8217;s illness.<\/p>\n<p>Possible \u200cAppeal and Investor Concerns<\/p>\n<p>As the punitive damages awarded exceed the direction of \u200dthe U.S. Supreme Court, there may\u2062 be a\u200b reduction on appeal. Despite this, the\u2064 latest\u200b ruling\u200b represents Bayer&#8217;s \u2063fourth consecutive setback in court, following nine trials in which the company \u200cwas deemed not responsible. Union Investment, one\u200b of \u2062Bayer&#8217;s top\u2062 ten shareholders, recently urged the company to consider reaching out to plaintiffs to resolve\u200b additional disputes.<\/p>\n<p>Bayer&#8217;s Response and\u200c Legal Arguments<\/p>\n<p>Bayer\u200b maintains that glyphosate, the active component in Roundup, is safe for human usage \u2062and has been established as such through decades of research. In a statement, the\u2062 company expressed confidence in its compelling reasons to seek reversal of the recent rulings through the appeal process. Bayer claims that plaintiffs\u2062 in previous cases \u2064were allowed to distort the safety\u200c evaluation conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the European Union&#8217;s glyphosate renewal procedure.<\/p>\n<p>European Commission&#8217;s \u2064Stance on Glyphosate<\/p>\n<p>Following the failure \u200dof EU member \u2062states to provide \u2063a definitive position \u200bon glyphosate&#8217;s renewal, the European Commission recently announced its decision to extend \u200capproval based on safety evaluations from \u200bthe European Food \u200cAgency and European\u200d Chemicals\u2063 Agency.\u200c This extension further complicates\u200d the legal landscape surrounding Roundup and\u2064 increases the need for Bayer to address the concerns of plaintiffs and investors alike.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion<\/p>\n<p>The recent $1.56 billion verdict against Bayer \u200din the Roundup lawsuit \u200brepresents a\u200d significant blow to the company and increases pressure to revisit its legal\u2062 approach. Bayer&#8217;s repeated setbacks in court, coupled with shareholder concerns, \u200bhighlight the importance\u200b of addressing the \u2064claims brought forth by \u2062plaintiffs. As the legal \u2063battle\u200c continues, the outcome will have long-lasting \u2062implications on Bayer&#8217;s reputation, financials, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizonas-public-universities-ditch-dei-hiring-statements-in-huge-free-speech-win\/\" title=\"Arizona's public universities drop DEI hiring statements, securing a significant victory for free speech.\">broader debate surrounding<\/a> the safety of glyphosate-based products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bayer logo stands over Bayer corporate offices in Berlin, Germany. The company confirmed earlier today that it has sealed the deal to buy Monsanto for USD 66 billion. 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