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mr. johnson? the answer of the jury was, yes. >> dwayne johnson worked at the school district using the weedkiller, he was diagnosed with non-hodgkin's lymphoma back in 2014, the jury found monsanto failed to warn of the rest of that product. >> the verdict today, it doesn't change the overwhelming scientific evidence and the 40 years of safe use around the world, it is the most widely used herbicide in the world, is the most widely studied herbicide in the world. there are over 800 scientific peer reviewed public studies that demonstrate that it is safe. >> attorneys for monsanto say they will appeal. we expect to hear from dwayne johnson this afternoon. >>> in san jose attorneys have filed a sexual abuse lawsuit against presentation haskell. the all-girls catholic high school has been rocked by allegations made by 20 former students, the school administrator did not act on their complaint of sexual abuse from teachers and staff. the group claims administrators knew about some of the alleged abuse going back 30 years, but did not reported to authorities as required by law. >> as a learning instit

mr. johnson? the answer of the jury was yes. >> dwayne johnson worked at the school district and made heavy use of roundup in ranger pro while on the job. today in superior court jury awarded him $289 million in punitive and compensatory damages. this is the first of hundreds of expected trials over roundup and its ties to non-hodgkin's lymphoma. >> the cost is way bigger than me. hopefully this thing will start to get the attention that it needs so folks can make a good choice. >> it is the most widely used herbicide in the world. there are over 800 scientific medical peer reviewed published studies that demonstrate it is safe. >> monsanto says it is sympathetic to dewayne johnson but says it will appeal this case and vigorously defend its product. cement california date joint 19 other states suing the federal government to block the distribution of blueprints for 3-d printed guns. the so-called ghost guns are homey firearms created using a 3-d printer. they have no serial number which means they are not registered and cannot be traced. california attorney general find onto a letter expressing co

mr. johnson? answer, yes. >> it was a landmark rulingn a san francisco courtroom friday. a j oyered monsanto to pay $289 million ines damago dwayne lee johnson. a northern california man who says his terminal cancer was caused by spraying roundup while working as a school grounds i keepers the first of thousands of cases across the monsanto volving the weed killer to go to trial. making some wonder ifse it will a precedent? >> it's global. it's way bigger than me. i hope that lig will be shined. >> shares of bayer which acquired me than santo in june lower. the case is the late developmen in an ongoing c controversy in the active ingredient in roundup. the cheecal first c under fire in 2015, when annc age under the w.h.o. sai the chemical was probably carson genic. a company spokesman spoke to reporters after the verdict. >> the verdict today does not change the science. >> the company says more than 800 scientific studies and reviews and conclusions by the u.s. ep u th. institutes of health and regulatory authoritiesor around the support the fact that glhasate does n cause cancer. >> if you know you're going to u die, may as wel

rock dwayne johnson the plaintiff and victim and former high school grounds keeper argued that he contracted non hodgkins lymphoma from using monsanto's product twenty to thirty times a year at work mr johnson's case was handled under expedited process was granted to plaintiffs who were dying mr johnson's lawyer timothy listen byrd told c.n.n. that nearly forty five hundred cases similar to mr johnson have already been filed and while mr johnson's quiets two sons will soon lose their father the late mr lets a bird said the award will give mr johnson some final comfort the jurors awarded two hundred fifty million dollars in punitive damages and thirty million in compensation and mr listen also said that if months choose to appeal the verdict they would risk having to pay an additional twenty five million dollars of your early interest on that initial damage award. and monsanto is owned by the german drug maker bear agee or buyer heir g. how you depending on how you say it which brought the bought the company in june for sixty two point five billion dollars and as you might expect shares a bear fell brutally today here was so more is. how are the markets reacting to this i know it was

rock dwayne johnson the plaintiff and victim and former high school grounds keeper argued that he contracted non hodgkins lymphoma from using monsanto's product twenty to thirty times a year at work mr johnson's case was handled under expedited processes granted to plaintiffs who are dying mr johnson's lawyer timothy listen bird told c.n.n. that nearly forty five hundred cases similar to mr johnson have already been filed and while mr johnson's quiets two sons will soon lose their father the late mr lets a bird said the award will give mr johnson some final comfort the jurors awarded two hundred fifty million dollars in punitive damages and thirty million in compensation and mr listen also said that if months choose to appeal the verdict they would risk having to pay an additional twenty five million dollars of your early interest on that initial damage award. and monsanto is owned by the german drug maker bear a buyer heir g. how you depending on how you say it which brought the bought the company in june for sixty two point five billion dollars and as you might expect shares a bear fell brutally today here with some more is. the ok how are the markets reacting to this i know it wa

dwayne back and away and continued to spray round up. and that's one of those things that i think the one thing about mr johnson you know as he said as a person and as in this case is that he is one of many there are a lot of and most of my family grew up watching them work in jobs janitorial groundskeeping in factories they were covered in these chemicals and now a large undue majority of them are suffering from cancers and skin issues that we don't see and i think that's an entire generation of working class americans who have been in and you know been put into being poisoned by these essentially poisoned by these chemicals in order to make a living now let me ask you i mean one of the one of the things that is. most of our clients are either home gardeners or their professional applicators they used to live as the non hodgkins lymphoma is epidemic in the farming communities for those four attorneys are much more difficult cases to bring because there are cofounders which means there are other most of those farmers were not exclusively life to say they were using all almost of chemicals over many many years and it's very hard to make the ca

dwayne johnson, the man in this case, the plaintiff and his attorneys. they are of course thanking the jury. the verdict $289 million will enable him to afford cutting edge cancer treatments. mr. johnson maintained his composure today in court as that verdict was read. his attorney put his arm around him. the jury had deliberated for two and a half days after two months of trial proceedings. the jury finding that weed killers manufactured by monsanto, roundup and ranger pro were substantial factors in causing harm to him. johnson worked for benicia school district in 2012 as the integrative pest manager, and a large part of his job was to spray those products in bulk 30 times a year. two and a half years into the job, he was diagnosed with non-hodgkins lymphoma. this is the first of thousands of cases like it against monsanto. >> i'm glad to be here to help with this situation after i learned about roundup and glyphosate and everything. i'm glad to be able to help, but the cost is way bigger than me. so hopefully this thing will start to get the attention that it needs to get right so folks can make a good choice. >> the verdict today, it doesn't change the overwhelming scien

rock dwayne johnson the plaintiff and victim and former high school grounds keeper argued that he contracted non hodgkins lymphoma from using monsanto's product twenty to thirty times a year at work mr johnson's case was handled under expedited processes granted to plaintiffs who were dying mr johnson's lawyer timothy listen byrd told c.n.n. that nearly forty five hundred cases similar to mr johnson have already been filed and while mr johnson's quiets two sons will soon lose their father the late mr lets a bird said the award will give mr johnson some final comfort the jurors awarded two hundred fifty million dollars in punitive damages and thirty million in compensation and mr listen also said that if one chooses to appeal the verdict they would risk having to pay an additional twenty five million dollars of your early interest on that initial damage award. and monsanto is owned by the german drug maker bear agee or buyer heir g. how you depending on how you say it which brought the bought the company in june for sixty two point five billion dollars and as you might expect shares a bear fell brutally today here was so more is parties. how are the markets reacting to this i know it

dwayne back underway and continued to spray round up. and that's one of those things that i think the one thing about mr johnson you know as he said as a person and as in this case is that he is one of many there are a lot of and most of my family grew up watching them work in jobs janitorial groundskeeping in factories they were covered in these chemicals and now a large undue majority of them are suffering from cancers and skin issues that we don't see and i think that's an entire generation of working class americans who have been in and you know been put into being poisoned by these essentially poisoned by these chemicals in order to make a living now let me ask you i mean one of the one of the things that is that. most of our clients are either home gardeners or their professional applicators they used to live as the non hodgkins lymphoma is an epidemic in the farming communities for those four attorneys are much more difficult cases to bring because there are cofounders which means there are other most of those farmers were not exclusively spraying life to say they were using a host of chemicals over many many years and it's very hard t