Top US court to review suit against German chemicals giant

The $1.25mn case centers on Bayer’s Roundup herbicide, which the plaintiff has claimed caused his blood cancer

The US Supreme Court will hear an appeal by German chemical company Bayer on a Roundup-related case in which a man was awarded $1.25 million, claiming the herbicide gave him blood cancer.

The court made the announcement regarding Monsanto Co. v. Durnell in a statement on Friday, with a verdict expected by July. Bayer is currently facing thousands of similar lawsuits.