Bayers Monsanto Must Pay $185 Million After State Supreme Court Restores Chemical Leak Verdict

The 120 metres high Bayer Cross, logo of German pharmaceutical and chemical maker Bayer AG, consisting of 1710 LED glass bulbs outside the industrial park “Chempark” of the chemical industry in Leverkusen, Germany, on Sept. 23, 2023. Wolfgang Rattay/ReutersA U.S. court reinstated a $185 million verdict against Bayer’s Monsanto unit over chemical contamination at a Washington state school on Thursday.The Washington state Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling that had vacated the verdict in a 2021 trial over claims brought by three teachers at Sky Valley Education Center in Monroe, Washington.