A California judge on Monday reduced by more than $200 million a jury verdict linking Bayer AG's Roundup weedkiller to cancer but upheld the jury's findings that the company acted with malice. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Suzanne Ramos Bolanos said the $250 million in punitive damages awarded by the jury must be slimmed down to match the $39.25 million in compensatory damages that the jury found appropriate. If the plaintiff agrees to the reduction by Dec. 7, no new trial is needed. ...
A California judge on Monday reduced by more than $200 million a jury verdict linking Bayer AG's Roundup weedkiller to cancer but upheld that the company acted in good faith.
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