BASF Scores New Trial Over $60 Million Dicamba Damages Award
Monsanto Co. and BASF Corp. are liable for the herbicide dicamba’s damage to a farmer’s peach orchards, the Eighth Circuit said Thursday, but it tossed a $60 million award and called for a new trial to separately assess what punitive damages each company owes.
The evidence “establishes different degrees of culpability between the co-conspirators,” according to the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Therefore, the lower court should’ve told the jury to “separately assess punitive damages against Monsanto and BASF,” the appeals court said.
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The evidence “establishes different degrees of culpability between the co-conspirators,” according to the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Therefore, the lower court should’ve told the jury to “separately assess punitive damages against Monsanto and BASF,” the appeals court said.
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