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Monsanto owners call weed killer 'safe' after jury orders big payout
Monsanto’s German owners insisted Saturday that the weed killer Roundup was “safe”, rejecting a California jury’s decision to order the chemical giant to pay nearly $ 290 million for failing to warn a dying groundskeeper that the product might cause cancer. While observers predicted thousands of potential future claims against the company in the wake of Monsanto’s defeat, Bayer — which recently acquired the US giant — said the California ruling went against scientific evidence. “On the basis of scientific conclusions, the views of worldwide regulatory authorities and the decades-long practical experience with glyphosate use, Bayer is convinced that glyphosate is safe and does not cause cancer,” the company said in a statement.
US jury orders Monsanto to pay $290mn to cancer patient over weed killer
A California jury ordered chemical giant Monsanto to pay nearly $ 290 million Friday for failing to warn a dying groundskeeper that its weed killer Roundup might cause cancer. Jurors unanimously found that Monsanto — which vowed to appeal — acted with “malice” and that its weed killers Roundup and the professional grade version RangerPro contributed “substantially” to Dewayne Johnson’s terminal illness. Following eight weeks of trial proceedings, the San Francisco jury ordered Monsanto to pay $ 250 million in punitive damages along with compensatory damages and other costs, bringing the total figure to nearly $ 290 million.
Jury Likely Deadlocked On Felony Charges Against Trump Inauguration Protesters
Jury Awards $4 to Family of Man Killed by Florida Sheriff's Deputy
Details from grand jury witnesses offers peek at Mueller progress
Jury convicts ex-Assembly leader in public corruption trial
NEW YORK (AP) — A jury convicted former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of public corruption charges Friday, dashing the 74-year-old Democrat's second attempt to avoid years in prison after a decades-long career as one of the most powerful politicians in state government.
Juror Says Deposition Helped Jury Convict Bill Cosby
Text of statement by Bill Cosby jury on its deliberations
The text of a statement by jurors who last week convicted Bill Cosby of drugging and molesting a woman at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004, labeled "Official statement from the Jurors in the Commonwealth v. Cosby 2018" and provided to The Associated Press on Monday by a member of the jury:
Jury Finds Adam Shacknai Responsible for Rebecca Zahau’s Hanging Death in San Diego Mansion
Alex Jones Hit With Another Defamation Lawsuit, And It Could Go To A Jury
