California Judge Cuts Award To $78.5 Million In Monsanto Weedkiller Case
The jury had awarded $250 million in punitive damages and $39.25 million in compensatory damages to a groundskeeper who contracted cancer after spraying a powerful version of the weedkiller Roundup.
A superior court judge in San Francisco has upheld a jury verdict against Bayer's Monsanto, maker of the weedkiller Roundup, but slashed the punitive damages by more than $200 million.
The jury had awarded $250 million in punitive damages and $39.25 million in compensatory damages to Dewayne
