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Monsanto ordered to pay $289m as jury rules weedkiller caused man's cancer
Court finds in favor of Dewayne Johnson, first person to take Roundup maker to trial
DeWayne Johnson listens during the Monsanto trial in San Francisco last month. Photograph: Reuters
Monsanto suffered a major blow with a jury ruling that the company was liable for a terminally ill man’s cancer, awarding him $289m in damages.
Dewayne Johnson, a 46-year-old former groundskeeper, won a huge victory in the landmark case on Friday, with the jury determining that Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller caused his cancer and that the corporation failed to warn him of the health hazards from exposure. The jury further found that Monsanto “acted with malice or oppression”.
Johnson’s lawyers argued over the course of a month-long trial in San Francisco that Monsanto had “fought science” for years and targeted academics who spoke up about possible health risks of the herbicide product. Johnson was the first person to take the agrochemical corporation to trial over allegations that the chemical sold under the brand Roundup causes cancer.
- The Guardian: Monsanto ordered to pay $289m as jury rules weedkiller caused man's cancer
- Business Insider: Jury orders Monsanto to pay $289 million in world's first Roundup court trial
- Telegraph: Monsanto ordered to pay $289m to terminally ill groundsman who used Roundup weedkiller
- BBC News: Monsanto ordered to pay $289m damages in Roundup cancer trial
- Independent.ie: Monsanto ordered to pay $289m to man who claimed weedkiller contributed to his terminal cancer
- SPIEGEL ONLINE: US court: Monsanto to pay $ 290 million to cancer patients