Civil Litigation
Sep. 20, 2018
Monsanto asks court to toss $289 million verdict
Monsanto Co. has requested that a $289 million jury verdict be thrown out in two post-trial motions claiming that the plaintiff did not meet his burden of proof, that the award is excessive, and that the decision was reached erroneously.
Monsanto Co. has requested that a $289 million jury verdict that the weedkiller Roundup caused the plaintiff's cancer should be thrown out in two post-trial motions claiming that the plaintiff did not meet his burden of proof, that the award is excessive, and that the decision was reached erroneously.
The company has separately requested that San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Suzanne R. Bolanos render a judgment in its favor...
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