Mother Monsanto ordered the mother to pay $ 2.1 billion in a lawsuit

• The lawyer in the plaintiff said on Friday that Bayer was ordered by a jury in Georgia to pay about $ 2.1 billion to the prosecutor who claimed that the company’s round weeds killer caused his cancer.
• Bayer said on Saturday that he would appeal the ruling, one of the largest legal settlements issued in a case related to the tour.
• Bayer told the American legislators that he might stop selling Roundup unless they reinforce legal protection against the responsibility of the product.

Lawyer companies in the prosecutor late Friday said that a jury ordered by a jury in the US state of Georgia to pay about 2.1 billion dollars to the prosecutor who claimed that the company’s round weeds killer had caused his cancer.

The ruling, which Bayer said on Saturday will appeal, is one of the largest legal settlements issued in a The tour related to the tour It is the latest setback for the group, among the largest seed and pesticide in the world.

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Bayer paid about 10 billion dollars to settle disputed claims that Roundup, based on herbal pesticides, causes cancer. More than 60,000 other suspended cases, which are allocated by the group, $ 5.9 billion in legal provisions.

The German Drug and Biological Group has acquired Roundup as part of its acquisition of $ 63 billion Agricultural Chemistry Company Montsantu In 2018.

Georgia’s referee includes $ 65 million of compensatory damage and $ 2 billion of punitive damage, according to a statement sent via e -mail to Reuters by law firms in Prosecutor & ITKIN LLP and Kline & Specter PC.

Bayer said in a statement that he did not agree to the ruling of the jury, because it contradicts the tremendous weight of scientific evidence and the consensus of the organizational bodies and their scientific assessments around the world.

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“We believe that we have strong arguments about the appeal to cancel this ruling and that excessive and unconstitutional damage awards have been eliminated or decreased,” she said.

He said that the damages in cases that have reached the final rulings have decreased by 90 % in general compared to the original jury awards.

Earlier this month, Bayer told the American legislators that he might stop selling Roundup unless they reinforce legal protection against The litigation is the product of the productA financial analyst and a person close to the matter told Reuters.