Bayer Deal Pays Roundup Plaintiff to Keep Fighting in Court
- Company’s settlement with Georgia man includes appeal
- Goal is to get herbicide cancer case to U.S. Supreme Court
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Legal settlements usually aim at ending litigation, but Bayer AG has entered into a deal that essentially pays a Georgia man to keep fighting the company in court.
Bayer’s goal is to force a case to the U.S. Supreme Court and get a ruling that would undercut a key claim in thousands of lawsuits alleging its Roundup weed killer causes cancer, according to its public statements. The gambit could, if successful, save the German drug maker potentially hundreds of millions of dollars.