Sometimes when an underdog fights back in a court of law they come out of it a winner and in the process inspire others to stand up for themselves.
Man Wins Big Over Roundup
Dewayne Johnson sued Monsanto, an American agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation, and won. He was awarded $289 million in November of 2018 in this trial but agreed to take a reduced compensation of $78 million.
Johnson was working as a groundskeeper in the school district in Benicia, a city in Solano County, north-east of San Francisco. Part of his job was keeping the school area weed free by spraying hundreds of gallons of Roundup, Monsanto’s (in)famous weed killer.
