Pesticide giants are copying big pharma’s playbook and seek immunity from lawsuits in Florida.
• HB 129 in Florida is giving pesticide companies the same liability shield vaccine makers got decades ago.
• HB 129 grants immunity to pesticide makers by restricting products liability actions under the Florida Pesticide Law unless certain unobtainable conditions are met.
• In a nutshell, it shields pesticide companies from accountability for harmful products.
Just like the Vaccine Protections (1986 Act) and the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act gave vaccine makers immunity…
CS/HB 129: Products Liability Actions under the Florida Pesticide Law.
March 27, 2025 — A jury in Georgia has ordered Monsanto parent Bayer to pay nearly $2.1 billion in damages to a man who says the company’s Roundup weed killer caused his cancer, according to attorneys representing the plaintiff.
The verdict marks the latest in a long-running series of court battles Monsanto has faced over its Roundup herbicide. The agrochemical giant says it will appeal the verdict, reached in a Georgia courtroom late Friday, in efforts to overturn the decision.
The penalties awarded include $65 million in compensatory damages and $2 billion in punitive damages, law firms Arnold & Itkin LLP and Kline & Specter PC said in a statement. That marks one of the largest verdicts reached in a Roundup-related case to date.
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