PCB Plaintiffs Say Monsanto Lacks Support For Bid To Reduce Punitive Damages Award

( April 24, 2025, 8:07 AM EDT) -- SEATTLE — The plaintiffs that won a $75 million punitive damages award that was part of a combined verdict of $100 million for injuries from exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls XE "polychlorinated biphenyls" (PCBs) at a Seattle area school have filed a supplemental brief in Washington state court opposing Monsanto Co.’s call for a reduction in the punitive damages award, arguing that the company’s inability to find a supportive case for its argument “emphasizes that there is no mathematical cap or formula that limits punitive damages as a matter of due process.”...