Jury Hits Monsanto With $275M Verdict For PCB Poisoning In Seattle Area School

Mealey's (October 14, 2022, 10:12 AM EDT) -- SEATTLE — A jury in Washington state court on Oct. 13 awarded families $275 million against Monsanto Co., finding that the company’s polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which were present in light fixtures at Seattle area school, were designed in a way that was “not reasonably safe.” The jury also found Monsanto negligent in that it failed to provide adequate warnings about PCBs....