Agri-Pulse reports:
A state judge in Missouri has agreed to reduce punitive damages awards to three plaintiffs who sued over Roundup exposure from $1.5 billion to about $550 million, Bloomberg reported Friday, adding that Bayer plans to appeal the verdict because it believes the judge did not “apply the law correctly on damages.”
The judge reduced the award to comply with Supreme Court guidance that limits punitive damages to no more than nine times the amount of compensatory damages, which in the case were $61 million.
