This is a life-changing fortune!
According to reports, Pennsylvania groundskeeper John McKivison is set to receive a whopping $2.25 billion over his disease caused by a decade of using Roundup weed killer while working as a groundskeeper for a logistics company in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, where he lives.
The jury ruled that German consumer goods giant Bayer should pay $2.25 billion – $250 million to compensate McKivison and $2 billion in punitive damages.
Bayer has pledged to appeal the verdict, which would shield the firm from having to pay that money. If the payout were to go ahead, it would be the largest in litigation of this kind.
Some 40,000 Americans have brought lawsuits against the firms, most of whom allege the weed killer caused their cancer, but only four cases have made it to trial.
Legal experts say it is unlikely Mr McKivison will get the cash.
Court documents seen exclusively by DailyMail.com reveal that Mr McKivison was exposed at his job as a groundskeeper at a warehouse for a local papermill near his home in Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania.
Congratulations to John McKivison but as to whether he will get this fortune is another story for another time. For now, he’s the luckiest man on this planet.
