Says he developed cancer after spraying monsantos weed killers roundup and ranger pro in bulk 30 times a year. In her ruling, the judge says the period of damages must be reduced to the maximum allowed by due process in this case, which is a little more than 39 million. Its also equal to the compensatory damages awarded by the jury. If johns soson agrees, monsanto motion for a new trial will be denied. He has until december 7th to make his decision. Otherwise, if he does not agree or doesnt make a decision by then, monsantos motion for a new trial will be granted. As to the punitive damages only. We interviewed jurors number four and 11 last week. They said they awarded mr. Johnson 250 million in punitive damages because they wanted that amount to be big enough to get monsantos attention, so that this wouldnt happen to anyone else. The judge was unable to talk to us last week on camera about her decision, because of the ongoing appeal. But i want to read part of what she writes in her
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