Monsanto ordered to pay $289m as jury rules weedkiller caused man`s cancer
(The Guardian World News)

Court finds in favor of DeWayne Johnson, ill man who was first to take Roundup maker to trial over allegationsMonsanto suffered a major blow with a jury ruling that the company was liable for a terminally ill man´s cancer, awarding him $289m in damages.Dewayne Johnson, a 46-year-old former groundskeeper, won a huge victory in the landmark case on Friday, with the jury determining that Monsanto´s Roundup weedkiller caused his cancer and that the corporation failed to warn him of the health hazards from exposure. The jury further found that Monsanto `acted with malice or oppression`. Continue reading...