Need To Know News 19-05-15 Original post Cached copy Bayer’s Monsanto Unit Slapped with $2 Billion Blowout Verdict Awarded to Couple with Cancer Need To Know News - 2019-05-15 - Original post - Cached copy Bayer, which bought Monsanto for $63 billion nearly a year ago, just lost the third trial over claims its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer. A jury in Oakland, California awarded more than $2 billion in punitive damages to a husband and wife.