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Civil Litigation

Mar. 20, 2019

Monsanto loses first phase of federal bellwether trial on whether weedkiller causes cancer.

A federal jury on Tuesday returned another unanimous finding that exposure to Monsanto’s signature weedkiller causes cancer.

SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal jury on Tuesday returned another unanimous finding that exposure to Monsanto's signature weedkiller causes cancer.

The six-person jury found the Bayer AG-owned company liable for a 70-year-old man's Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, setting the stage for the next phase of the trial over allegations of misconduct.

Monsanto has maintained the plaintiff's non-Hodgkin lymphoma was most li...

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