A Georgia jury found pharmaceutical and agricultural products giant Bayer liable for more than $2 billion in damages.

BERLIN - A jury in the US state of Georgia has ordered the multinational chemical company Bayer to pay $2.1 billion to a plaintiff who claimed its Roundup weed killer caused his cancer, the plaintiff’s law firms said.

Bayer faces a $2.1B jury verdict over Roundup cancer claims, adding to its $10B legal woes. Read more on the case's impact and the company's next steps.

The verdict, which Bayer said on Saturday it would appeal, is one of the largest legal settlements issued in a Roundup-related case and is the latest setback for the group, among

A Georgia jury found pharmaceutical and agricultural products giant Bayer liable for more than $2 billion in damages to a plaintiff who argued that Roundup weed killer caused his cancer, the latest hit in a series of legal fights over the herbicide glyphosate.