57-Year-Old Man Wins $332 Million Verdict Against Monsanto on Claim That Roundup Weedkiller Gave Him Incurable Cancer
November 3, 2023 | Source: Fortune | by The Associated Press
A California jury has awarded $332 million to a man who sued chemical giant Monsanto Co. contending that his cancer was related to decades of using its Roundup weedkiller.
A San Diego Superior Court jury awarded damages Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by Mike Dennis, 57, of Carlsbad. He was diagnosed in 2020 with a rare form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
His lawsuit contended that his illness was related to Roundup’s active ingredient, glyphosate.
Dennis had treatment and has been in remission for nearly three years but there is no cure, Adam Peavy, one of his attorneys, told KNSD-TV.
“His doctors have told him it’s going to come back and we’re just waiting to see if that happens,” Peavy said.