Bayer to Challenge $275 Million Damages Award in Monsanto PCB Exposure Case
14 Octobre 2022 - 02:33PM
Dow Jones News
By Pierre Bertrand
Bayer AG said Friday that it will challenge a U.S. jury decision
to award a group of personal-injury claimants $275 million in
damages for health problems related to their exposure to
polychlorinated biphenyls(PCBs) manufactured by Monsanto, which was
later acquired by Bayer.
A jury in the U.S. state of Washington found in favor of the 13
plaintiffs, who allege they were exposed to the chemical at an
education center in the town of Monroe, outside Seattle, Bayer
said.
The German conglomerate plans to pursue post-trial motions and
appeals based on what it sees as multiple errors and a lack of
proof, it said.
"The undisputed evidence in this case does not support the
conclusions that plaintiffs were exposed to unsafe levels of PCBs
at the Sky Valley Education Center or that these exposures are
responsible for their alleged health issues," Bayer said.
This is the fifth personal injury case arising from the
education center to go to trial alleging injuries from PCB exposure
from fluorescent light ballasts produced by Monsanto's customers
and installed at the education center in the late 1960s, the
company said.
PCBs were a safety material that were used in a wide array of
products to reduce fire risk, a Bayer spokesman said.
Bayer said Monsanto stopped manufacturing PCBs in 1977. The
company acquired Monsanto in a multibillion-dollar deal in
2018.
In 1979, they were banned by the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency. The environmental regulator says the substances don't
readily break down in the environment and are probable human
carcinogens.
Write to Pierre Bertrand at pierre.bertrand@wsj.com
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