Insights and Stories of Tina Bellon

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California jury hits Bayer with US$2 billion award

May. 13, 2019 at 5:04 pm CDT

Reuters — A California jury on Monday awarded more than US$2 billion to a couple who claimed Bayer’s glyphosate-based Roundup herbicide caused their cancer, in the largest U.S. jury verdict to date against the company in litigation over the chemical. It was the third consecutive U.S. jury verdict against the […]

U.S. jury says Bayer must pay $80 million to man in Roundup cancer trial

Mar. 28, 2019 at 4:04 pm CDT

By Alexandria Sage Tina Bellon

Second U.S. jury finds Bayer’s Roundup caused cancer

Mar. 19, 2019 at 4:47 pm CDT

By Jim Christie Tina Bellon

U.S. judge to allow controversial evidence in Roundup cancer trials

Jan. 28, 2019 at 7:48 pm CST

By Tina Bellon

U.S. judge selects first case in federal glyphosate litigation

Nov. 20, 2018 at 4:13 pm CST

By Tina Bellon

U.S. judge orders next glyphosate cancer trial for March

Nov. 15, 2018 at 7:14 pm CST

Reuters — A California judge on Thursday granted an expedited trial for March in the case of a couple suffering from cancer who sued Bayer’s Monsanto unit, alleging the company’s glyphosate-containing herbicide Roundup caused their disease. The order by Superior Court Judge Ioana Petrou in Oakland, Calif. comes on the […]

By Tina Bellon

Bayer CEO says would consider glyphosate settlement depending on costs

Nov. 2, 2018 at 9:32 am CDT

St. Louis | Reuters – Bayer AG’s chief executive said this week the company might consider settling lawsuits over Monsanto’s glyphosate-containing weed-killers depending on how high court costs rise, but stressed it remained focused on defending the combined company against claims they cause cancer. Bayer acquired Monsanto this year for $63 […]

By Tina Bellon

U.S. judge affirms Monsanto weed-killer verdict, slashes damages

Oct. 23, 2018 at 8:00 am CDT

Reuters – A U.S. judge on Monday affirmed a verdict against Bayer AG unit Monsanto that found its glyphosate-based weed-killers responsible for a man’s terminal cancer, sending the German company’s shares down 8 percent. In a ruling by San Francisco’s Superior Court of California, Judge Suzanne Bolanos said she would […]

By Tina Bellon

Glyphosate maker Monsanto ruled liable in U.S. cancer trial

Aug. 12, 2018 at 10:45 pm CDT

Reuters — A California jury on Friday found Monsanto liable in a lawsuit filed by a man who alleged the company’s glyphosate-based herbicides, including Roundup, caused his cancer and ordered the company to pay US$289 million in damages. The case of school groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson was the first lawsuit to […]

By Tina Bellon

U.S. judge allows Roundup-related suits to go to trial

Jul. 10, 2018 at 6:40 pm CDT

Reuters — Hundreds of lawsuits against Monsanto Co. by cancer survivors or families of those who died can proceed to trial, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday, finding there was sufficient evidence for a jury to hear the cases that blame the company’s glyphosate herbicide for the disease. The decision […]

By Tina Bellon

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Insights and Stories of Tina Bellon

California jury hits Bayer with US$2 billion award

U.S. jury says Bayer must pay $80 million to man in Roundup cancer trial

Second U.S. jury finds Bayer’s Roundup caused cancer

U.S. judge to allow controversial evidence in Roundup cancer trials

U.S. judge selects first case in federal glyphosate litigation

U.S. judge orders next glyphosate cancer trial for March

Bayer CEO says would consider glyphosate settlement depending on costs

U.S. judge affirms Monsanto weed-killer verdict, slashes damages

Glyphosate maker Monsanto ruled liable in U.S. cancer trial

U.S. judge allows Roundup-related suits to go to trial

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