By Tina Bellon
By Tina Bellon
Dec 16 (Reuters) – Bayer AG BAYGn.DE on Monday stated it has requested a U.S. federal appeals court docket to throw out a $25 million judgment it was ordered to pay to a California man who blamed the corporate’s Roundup weed killer for his most cancers.
In a submitting within the U.S. Court docket of Appeals for the ninth Circuit dated Friday, Bayer stated the decision defied regulatory findings and sound science, including that the “speculative case” ought to by no means have made it earlier than a jury.
Bayer in a press release stated it stood behind the protection of Roundup and its lively ingredient glyphosate and deliberate to vigorously defend the greater than 42,700 U.S. Roundup most cancers lawsuits it faces.
In its court docket submitting, Bayer stated the Hardeman enchantment had the potential to form how each subsequent Roundup case is litigated.
The widely-used weed killer is made by Monsanto, which Bayer acquired final yr for $63 billion. Bayer inventory has misplaced about 23% in worth for the reason that…