Bayer faces $2 billion verdict

Bayer faces $2 billion verdict

As Bayer mounts a full-court press to try to put glyphosate-related lawsuits behind it, a jury in Georgia has ordered the company to pay nearly $2.1 billion in damages, of which only $65 million are compensatory and the remainder punitive. Announced March 21, it’s one of the largest awards announced in a Roundup case to date. The award was to a plaintiff who claims Roundup caused his cancer, according to attorneys from the law firm, Arnold & Itk…