On August 10, a San Francisco Superior Court jury awarded a former school groundskeeper $289.2 million in a lawsuit against agricultural giant Monsanto. Dewayne “Lee” Johnson worked for the Benicia Unified School District, about 40 miles east of the city, and was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma after using Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer in the course of his employment.
This is the first verdict handed down in a wave of litigation against the company; according to the New York Times, Monsanto is facing over 5,000 similar lawsuits in the United States. German multinational pharmaceutical company Bayer AG has vowed to “step up its defense” of the brand as it began the formal integration of Monsanto, acquired in June.
Details of the case, and its legal ramifications, are below. If you’re here seeking legal information, or you need to ask a legal question relating to Roundup, learn more here:
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