A Pennsylvania judge reduced a $2.25 billion verdict to $400 million for John McKivison, who developed cancer from Bayer's Roundup weedkiller. The ruling cuts compensatory damages to $50 million and punitive damages to $350 million. Bayer plans to appeal, challenging liability and calling for legislative reform to protect compliant companies.
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A Pennsylvania judge on Tuesday slashed a $2.25 billion U.S. verdict against Bayer to $400 million for a Pennsylvania man who said he developed cancer from exposure to the company's Roundup weedkiller. A jury in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas found that John McKivison's non-Hodgkins lymphoma was the result of using Roundup for yard work at his house for several years, and it ordered Bayer to pay $250 million in compensatory damages and $2 billion in punitive damages.
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