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Back in February, a farmer in Missouri won a $265 million lawsuit against BASF and Monsanto due to their pesticide dicamba destroying each and every fruit tree at the farmer’s orchard. The pesticide was sprayed in an adjacent field, but the dicamba drifted over to his orchard.
WIthin the lawsuit, the compensatory damages were $15 million while the punitive damages were $250 million. After the verdict, BASF and Monsanto appealed this case to the US federal court in Missouri. The appeal began last week, and BASF shocked the judge with their request.
BASF was willing to split the compensatory damages with Monsanto and pay the $15 million because both companies manufacture the pesticide. However, BASF requested that only Monsanto should pay the punitive damages of $250 million because Monsanto makes the genetically modified (GMO) seeds that are resistant to dicamba.
Before the trial begins, the judge will have to determine who will be liable for paying the damages to the plaintiff. If BASF is looking to ditch Monsanto, then you should be looking to stop using Monsanto as well.
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Will you ditch Monsanto like BASF did?
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1Yes
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2No
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Monsanto has been hated and condemned by the world community a bit longer before, but companies like BASF are the same, even though they have promoted their companies to participate in saving the environment.
That is correct. The problem is that we all have been letting these companies get away with what they are doing.
As long as their products are bought by the public, they will continue to live and develop.
If I had the power I would make sure both companies didn’t exist on the face of the Earth. LOL
Nevertheless, they still exist. That’s why this post was made so that people will know what they are really doing to hurt people.