Bayer Served With Fresh Roundup Suit in Australia
June 04 2019 - 9:34AM
Dow Jones News
By Nathan Allen
Bayer AG (BAYN.XE) faces a fresh lawsuit in Australia after a
Victoria-based gardener filed papers alleging the company's Roundup
weedkillers caused him to develop a type of lung cancer, the
plaintiff's lawyers said Tuesday.
Carbone Lawyers, which is representing Michael Ogalirolo in the
case, said the proceedings were the first of their kind in
Australia. The law firm said Mr. Ogalirolo developed non-Hodgkin's
lymphoma after being exposed to Bayer's glyphosate-based products
for over 20 years as a self-employed landscape gardener.
Bayer said in a statement that it is aware of media reports
regarding a lawsuit in Australia but it hadn't yet received any
formal notification.
"We have great sympathy for any individual with cancer, but the
extensive body of science on glyphosate-based herbicides over four
decades supports the conclusion that Roundup does not cause
non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma," the company said.
The German chemical group took over Roundup manufacturer
Monsanto Co. and its associated legal liabilities in 2018 for $63
billion. It now faces around 13,400 claims for glyphosate damages
in the U.S. and has already been ordered to pay billions of dollars
to plaintiffs by juries in California.
Analysts expect the company to eventually reach an out-of-court
settlement but have struggled to assess the scale of the total
liabilities.
Write to Nathan Allen at nathan.allen@dowjones.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
June 04, 2019 09:19 ET (13:19 GMT)
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