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2021

• August

  An appeal filed by Monsanto is denied by the California state appeals court. The company still owes an $86 million award to a couple who regularly use their products for over 30 years.

• July

  Bayer announces a five-point plan in response to Round-Up litigations. This plan includes replacing glyphosate in the herbicide formula by January of 2023.

• May

  On May 26th, the February motion 1 in which Bayer proposed a $2 billion settlement for future Roundup® claims was denied, signaling another promising victory for Roundup® victims and the future of Roundup® claims.

  Bayer laid out several possible responses to this ruling, from pulling Roundup® off of shelves to rewriting product labels. Bayer even suggested removing glyphosate, the harmful chemical found in the product, from the Roundup® formula.

• March

  It was reported that Bayer chose not to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal of the first jury verdict over the safety of Roundup®, Johnson v. Monsanto. This case concluded with a $289 million settlement awarded to the plaintiff. Although that settlement was later reduced to $78 million, Bayer’s liability was upheld.

• February

  Bayer proposed a $2 billion settlement for future Roundup® claims. This proposal was later rejected in May 2021.

2020

• September

  Bayer and a number of plaintiffs’ attorneys agreed to settle 15,000 Roundup® lawsuits. The terms of the settlements were not announced.

• August

  A $10.9 billion settlement agreement meant to resolve most existing and future lawsuits over Roundup®-related illnesses encountered roadblocks. The plaintiffs’ lawyers accused Bayer of reneging on the deal, and the judge expressed concerns that Bayer was manipulating the settlement process.

• July

  Though denying Bayer’s request to overturn the verdict of the very first Roundup® lawsuit, Johnson v. Monsanto, the California appellate court further reduced the $78.5 million (originally set at $289 million) to $20.5 million.

• June

  Judge Chhabria prevented California officials from requiring that the popular weed-killing product contain a prominent safety warning on store shelves in the state.

2019

• May

  A California jury in the trial of Pilliod et al. v. Monsanto ordered Bayer to pay $2 billion in punitive damages in a lawsuit filed by a couple who both developed cancer after using Roundup® for over 30 years. The couple was also awarded another $55 million as compensation for their medical bills, pain and suffering, and other damages. A few months later, this award was reduced to $86.7 million after the judge concluded that the original settlement amount was significantly out of step with legal precedent.

• February-March

  Hardeman v. Monsanto began on February 25th and ended on March 27th with an $80M verdict, later reduced to $25.2 million.

2018

• June-August

  Johnson v. Monsanto began on June 18th and ended on August 10th. The jury ordered Bayer/Monsanto to pay $289 million to Dewayne Johnson for his non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma that he developed after using Roundup®. This amount was later reduced.

  Bayer purchased glyphosate manufacturer Monsanto and its Roundup® lawsuits for $63 billion.

2015

• The World Health Organization’s cancer research sector determined Roundup® to be a “probable carcinogen.”