By Tina Bellon Feb 10 (Reuters) - Bayer AG has requested a California appeals court docket
By Tina Bellon
Feb 10 (Reuters) – Bayer AG has requested a
California appeals court docket to overturn an $86 million verdict that
discovered it was answerable for a pair’s most cancers brought on by its
glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup.
In a Friday night time submitting with the California First District
Courtroom of Enchantment in San Francisco, the corporate mentioned the jury’s
verdict couldn’t be reconciled with both the legislation or sound
science.
The Might verdict by a California jury drew nationwide
consideration for its huge damages, with the jury awarding extra
than $2 billion to Alberta and Alva Pilliod, who sprayed Roundup
on their property for greater than three many years to destroy weeds.
The trial decide later lowered the damages to $86 million.
Bayer in an announcement on Monday mentioned U.S. regulators had
persistently discovered glyphosate to be non-carcinogenic and that
the Pilliods’ lawyer throughout trial repeatedly violated court docket
orders in an try and inflame jurors.
The corporate denies the allegations made by greater than 42,700
plaintiffs in america, saying many years of research have
proven Roundup and glyphosate are protected for human use.
The U.S. Environmental Safety Company, which oversees the
regulation of herbicides, in January reaffirmed the protection of
glyphosate. [nL1N29Z1BC]
A lawyer for the…