In Roundup case, US judge cuts $2 billion verdict against Bayer to $86 million | World News, The Indian Express

In Roundup case, US judge cuts $2 billion verdict against Bayer to $86 million | World News, The Indian Express

By Reuters |Published: July 26, 2019 5:19:25 pm

In Roundup case, US judge cuts $2 billion verdict against Bayer to $86 million

Under the judge's final order, California couple Alva and Alberta Pilliod would receive roughly $17 million in compensatory and $69 million in punitive damages, down from $55 million and $2 billion, respectively.

Superior Court Judge Winifred Smith of the California Superior Court in Oakland said the jury’s billion-dollar punitive damages awards were excessive and unconstitutional. (File)

A California judge on Thursday reduced a $2 billion jury verdict, slashing the award for a couple who blamed Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup for their cancer to $86.7 million.