Like countless homeowners, John Durnell of Missouri used a popular herbicide to keep his home and community free from unwanted weeds.
He used the chemical from the 1990s until 2018, when he developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a diagnosis he blames on an ingredient known as glyphosate in his Roundup weedkiller.
Thousands of others across the country, including Durnell, have sued Roundup’s manufacturer, Monsanto, claiming the company failed to warn consumers that exposure to its glyphosate-based herbicides could cause them to develop cancer.
Durnell secured a $1.25 million verdict in Missouri state court, but Monsanto appealed. Now his claim is being tested again in the highest court in the nation….
Monsanto Weedkiller Case Could Upend Billions in Compensation
