Bayer US Court Verdict Raises Prospect of More Roundup Pain

A US jury ruling against Bayer AG’s blockbuster weed killer Roundup, the first sizable one in four years, underscores the risk of another wave of expensive legal troubles.

The German company was ordered in state court in Philadelphia Friday to pay $25 million in actual damages and $150 million in punitive damages to 83-year-old Ernie Caranci, who claimed that the herbicide had caused his cancer.

The verdict is a reminder of the string of trial losses Bayer suffered in 2018 and 2019, which brought on tens of thousands of more suits and forced the German company to set aside ...