A Georgia jury on March 21 ordered agrochemical giant Bayer to pay $2.1 billion in damages to a man who claimed he developed cancer after using the company’s Roundup weedkiller, which contains glyphosate.
The jury awarded the plaintiff, John Barnes, $2 billion in punitive damages and $65 million in compensatory damages over claims that Roundup weedkiller caused his non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of cancer that forms in the lymph system.
Barnes’s lawyer, Kyle Findley, said the ruling was an “important milestone” in the legal battle that began in 2021, adding that the awarded penalties would help the plaintiff get the treatment for his illness….