Bayer Hit With $100 Million Verdict Over School’s Toxic PCBs (2)

Bayer AG was told by a jury to pay $100 million to four people at a Seattle-area school who said their exposure at the facility to toxic chemicals made by the company’s Monsanto unit caused brain damage and other injuries.

Jurors in Washington state court on Tuesday found the company responsible for unsafe levels of polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, at the school and awarded $25 million to compensate those affected and $75 million in punitive damages, Monsanto said in a statement. The case was brought on behalf of 15 people who worked at or attended classes at Sky Valley ...