BREAKING!
A San Francisco judge denied a new trial for Monsanto
and upheld an earlier verdict that said the company’s weed killer Roundup caused a Bay Area man’s cancer.

However, the judge did reduce the financial award to the man from $289.2 million to $78.5 million.

If Lee Johnson accepts this, there will be no new trial.

Judge Suzanne Bolanos’ decision came down just before 5 p.m. Monday. It hinges on the punitive damages awarded to Johnson, a Benicia School District groundskeeper and puts the ball back in his court. If he’s willing to agree to less money, there will be no new trial.

The jury handed down their $289.2 million verdict in August. Then, in a stunning upset last month, Judge Bolanos filed a tentative ruling in favor of Monsanto’s motion for what’s called a “judgement non-withstanding the verdict” and motion for a new trial.
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