SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California appeals court has upheld a verdict that Monsanto’s widely used weed killer caused cancer in a school groundskeeper but the panel also slashed the damage award. The San Francisco Chronicle says the 1st District Court of Appeal on Monday found there was evidence to support a 2018 jury finding that Monsanto acted with “conscious disregard for public safety.” But it reduced the damages awarded to Dewayne Johnson from $78.5 million to $21.5 million. Johnson blamed his cancer on the main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup and Ranger Pro. Monsanto’s owner, Bayer AG, says the entire verdict should have been tossed.
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