Bayer to pay $2.25B after jury says Roundup weed killer gave man cancer

Bayer was ordered to pay $2.25 billion after a Pennsylvania jury unanimously ruled that its Roundup weed killer gave a man cancer.

John McKivinson, 49, who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, sued Roundup maker Monsanto and its corporate parent, Bayer, saying he developed the cancer after using the herbicide on his property for two decades.

The massive payout includes $2 billion in punitive damages, McKivinson’s attorneys at Kline & Specter told The Post on Tuesday.

Jury members also found that Monsanto was negligent in warning customers about the dangers of Roundup,

The jury’s ruling is “a declaration that’s its misconduct was in reckless disregard of human safety and a substantial cause of John McKivison’s cancer.”