Monsanto told to pay teachers $185M over chemical exposure

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

SEATTLE (AP) — Three schoolteachers in Washington state who sued chemical company Monsanto over exposure to materials in fluorescent lights have been awarded $185 million.

The law firm that represented the teachers, Friedman Rubin, said a jury returned the verdict Tuesday in King County Superior Court. The teachers, who worked at the Sky Valley Education Center in Monroe, Washington, said they suffered brain damage from exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, in the fluorescent lighting at the school.

“This is a big step in holding Monsanto accountable,” the teachers’ attorney, Rick Friedman, said in a statement.

Bayer, which bought Monsanto in 2018, said the company disagreed with the verdict and may appeal.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/business-health-1743c2dd917971ef721c7c07cf2bad16

[NullTuples]

1. "The company said the light ballasts that were the focus of the lawsuit were obsolete."

Yeah, because who just keeps using light bulbs and ballasts until they burn out?

[Ford_Prefect]

2. SCOTUS bound on appeal? IMO this is the kind of case Roberts was hired on for.

[Bev54]

3. So does Bayer have to pay these? Did they take on all the suits after

buying out Monsanto?

[KT2000]

4. Hooray!!

As a chemically injured person I knew I would just have to live long enough to see some progress and validation. Usually welfare/ medicaid has to pick up the tab for these injuries - tax dollars.

[pecosbob]

5. So Joe Banks was right!

Those lights were sucking the life out of him!

[Danascot]

6. Thumbs up

for the Joe & The Volcano reference.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

7. Who ever sold Monsanto to Bayer played them.

Now Bayer gets the joy of cleaning up.

[pecosbob]

8. Bayer AG was manufacturer of the chemical Zyklon B that was used to kill a lot of people as I recall

Glyphosate would seem to be right up their alley.