"ST. LOUIS -- A jury on Wednesday awarded $17.5 million in damages to three plaintiffs and assessed $29 million more in punitive damages against Monsanto and three other companies in a suit here alleging negligence in the production of PCBs.
The 10-2 verdict in St. Louis Circuit Court ended a nearly-monthlong trial in one of a string of suits — some won by the defendants and some pending.
This case, which went on trial April 28, involved just three of nearly 100 plaintiffs claiming that exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, caused non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Some died and their claims were made by surviving relatives."
Joel Currier reports for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch May 26, 2016.
SEE ALSO:
"Lawyers Debate Merit Of Monsanto Case" (San Diego Union-Tribune)
St. Louis Jury Orders Monsanto To Pay $46.5M In Latest PCB Lawsuit
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 05/27/2016
