Monsanto
American agribusiness corporation
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| January 2025 | Monsanto was ordered to pay $100 million to four people who claimed they were sickened by PCBs at a school in Monroe, Washington. |
| November 25 2020 | U.S. District Judge Stephen Limbaugh Jr. reduced the punitive damages in the Bader Farms case from $250 million to $60 million. |
| November 25 2020 | U.S. District Judge Fernando M. Olguin rejected Bayer's proposed $650 million settlement and allowed Monsanto-related PCB lawsuits to proceed. |
| June 2020 | Bayer agreed to a settlement of up to $400 million for all dicamba-related claims from the 2015-2020 crop years, excluding the previous judgment in the Bader Farms case. |
| June 2020 | Bayer agreed to settle over 100,000 Roundup cancer lawsuits, paying $8.8 to $9.6 billion to settle existing claims and $1.5 billion for future claims. |
| June 2020 | Bayer proposed paying $650 million to settle local PCB lawsuits and $170 million to attorneys-general of New Mexico, Washington, and the District of Columbia. |
| June 2020 | Bayer agreed to pay numerous settlements in lawsuits involving ex-Monsanto products Roundup, PCBs, and Dicamba. |
| February 14 2020 | In a Missouri lawsuit, a jury ruled against Bayer (Monsanto's parent company) and BASF, finding in favor of Bader Farms owner Bill Bader regarding tree damage caused by dicamba drift. |
| May 13 2019 | A California jury ordered Bayer (Monsanto's parent company) to pay $2 billion in damages for failing to warn consumers about Roundup's potential carcinogenicity, later reduced to $86.7 million. |
| March 27 2019 | Monsanto was found liable in a federal court for Edwin Hardeman's non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and ordered to pay $80 million in damages. |
| 2018 | The Monsanto Center at the Missouri Botanical Garden was renamed the 'Bayer Center', and the Monsanto Insectarium at the St. Louis Zoo was renamed the 'Bayer Insectarium'. |
| November 2018 | Monsanto appealed the Johnson lawsuit judgment, requesting a new trial. |
| August 10 2018 | Monsanto lost its first cancer-related lawsuit, with Dewayne Johnson initially awarded $289 million in damages for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, later reduced to $78.5 million. |
| June 7 2018 | The Bayer-Monsanto sale was officially closed, with Bayer announcing its intent to discontinue the Monsanto name and operate under the Bayer brand. |
| May 29 2018 | The merger was approved in the United States, advancing the acquisition process. |
| April 2018 | Bayer indicated that improving Monsanto's reputation was a major challenge just prior to its acquisition of the company. |
| March 21 2018 | The Bayer-Monsanto merger received approval from the European Union. |
| March 2017 | 40 plaintiffs filed a lawsuit at the Alameda County Superior Court alleging damages from Monsanto's glyphosate-based weed-killers, including Roundup. |
| September 2016 | German chemical company Bayer announced its intent to acquire Monsanto for US$66 billion in an all-cash deal. |
| 2015 | Monsanto provided a $1.94 million grant to Washington University's Institute for School Partnership to support STEM education. |
| 2015 | The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) declared glyphosate 'probably carcinogenic', sparking significant legal controversy for Monsanto. |
| 2011 | Monsanto began supporting the Gregor Mendel exhibit and 'Underground Adventures' at the Field Museum, focusing on ecosystem education. |
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