(Reuters) -Bayer was ordered on Friday to pay $2.25 billion to a Pennsylvania man who said he developed cancer from exposure to the company's Roundup weedkiller, the man's attorneys said. A jury in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas found that John McKivision's non-Hodgkins lymphoma was the result of using Roundup for yard work at his house for a period of several years. The verdict includes $250 million in compensatory damages and $2 billion in punitive damages.

(Reuters) -Bayer was ordered on Friday to pay $2.25 billion to a Pennsylvania man who said he developed cancer from exposure to the company’s Roundup weedkiller, the man’s attorneys said.

A jury in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas found that John McKivision’s non-Hodgkins lymphoma was the result of using Roundup for yard work at his house for a period of several years. The verdict includes $250 million in compensatory damages and $2 billion in punitive damages.

“The jury’s punitive damages award sends a clear message that this multi-national corporation needs top to bottom change,” Tom Kline and Jason Itkin, McKivision’s attorneys, said in a joint statement.

  • Illuminostro@lemmy.world
    2·
    5 months ago

    Fuck them, that’s why. Maybe they’ll do the right thing before The Cock of Justice slaps then in the face 10 times, next time.

    • gencha@lemm.ee
      1·
      5 months ago

      The people actually responsible are laughing on their way to the bank right now.

      • Illuminostro@lemmy.world
        2·
        5 months ago

        And that’s why billion+ judgements should be the norm. And no, I don’t care about the precious shareholders.