Monsanto Reiterates Plan To Appeal Glyphosate Verdict Despite Damages Reduction

(July 3, 2024, 12:27 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — Following a final ruling by a state court judge in Pennsylvania that upheld a reduced liability verdict against Monsanto Co. in a glyphosate cancer lawsuit on grounds that Monsanto’s arguments were “entirely unpersuasive,” a spokesman for Monsanto on July 2 reiterated that the company will appeal the decision, saying that “while we appreciate the reduction in the unconstitutionally excessive damage award, nothing in the court’s opinion changes the fact that the trial was marred by significant and reversible errors that misled and inflamed the jury.”...