Bayer Aims at Supreme Court to Resolve Roundup Claims
October 05 2021 - 8:45PM
Dow Jones News
By Jacob Bunge
Bayer AG welcomed its victory in the most recent trial
considering a claim that its Roundup herbicide caused cancer, but
hopes a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in a separate case will
help put to rest yearslong litigation over the weedkiller.
Bayer in August filed a petition asking the top U.S. court to
nullify an earlier federal court decision in favor of a plaintiff
making similar allegations. Bayer argued that the company could not
have warned of any cancer risk posed by Roundup because U.S.
federal regulators had deemed it safe following multiple
reviews.
Bayer has maintained that research shows the weedkiller does not
cause cancer, and anticipates the Supreme Court will decide in the
next few months whether to take up the matter.
A win at the Supreme Court, Bayer has said, could affect
thousands of other Roundup cases the company faces.
Write to Jacob Bunge at jacob.bunge@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
October 05, 2021 20:30 ET (00:30 GMT)
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