Monsanto ordered to pay 2B dollars to couple with cancer (opens in new tab)

Punitive damages came largely out of the Ford Pinto cases because prior to that corporate leaders would just do the calculations, figure out that the limited amount of damage/fines allowed by the law is cheaper than the cost of fixing the issue. Punitive damage is in a way meant to be absurd. The idea that the sky is the limit is meant to make those calculations impossible or very risky and thus compel corporations to fix the issue once they know about it. There are some unintended consequences of course but often times when you see such cases there are usually a history of knowing neglect or willful ignorance. In the other famous punitive damage case involving McDonald's, there was a trail of complaints to McDonald's about how hot they made their coffee (they did this on purpose because people who get coffee in the morning tend to be drivers so extra hot coffee means right temperature when they get to their office). Even then, McDonald's was only found to be partially at fault. Also many of the tobacco cases demonstrated a long history of tobacco companies knowing the health effects of smoking and lied about them.

The way these cases are sometimes reported makes American courts look crazy and leave out a lot of context and history.

Just a rough guess, googling monsanto payouts (though now it turns up pretty much only this payout) gets you a few more verdicts which have been cut to below $100 million. I figured this couple will see a similar payout too.

Science does matter. The evidence is roundup doesn't cause cancer. When something is studied a lot you will find outliers that show the wrong result.

Monsanto was evil (they don't exist anymore, though bayer may well be worse) doesn't mean that they are wrong.

there's a big difference between "possible" and "probable"

radio waves are classified as possible carcinogens.

It's on the list of "possible carcinogens" along with coffee, red meat, and 'very hot beverages'.

>contrary to the official position of the government enforcing that legal system is not a legal system, but simply mob rule.

Mob rule? It’s the judicial system, one of 3 branches of government designed specifically to place checks and balances on the other branches, it’s the exact opposite of mob rule.

Mob rule would be the EPA deciding for everyone what the science is and not allowing any due process or acces to the courts to challenge the same.

You do know it came out at trial how Monsanto was able to influence the EPA including delaying the re-review of roundup ingredients , which was required by federal law, to allow their acquisition to go through?

Do you think it’s just coincidence 13,000 plaintiffs were diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma that worked with roundup for years even though those statistics are inconsistent with the general population?

Or a symptom of regulatory capture.