Bayer CropScience Ordered to pay Farmer 1 Million!
Instead of just allowing companies to sue farmers for seed saving – it would appear that the legal system is becoming a double-edge sword for biotech giants.
It’s about damn time.
Article: Bayer to pay 1.5 Million in rice case Verdict is 2nd against firm over genetic tainting of crop
Excerpt: A jury in Woodruff County Circuit Court decided Monday evening that Bayer CropScience LP must pay more than $1 million in compensatory and punitive damages to Lenny Joe Kyle, a rice farmer, for losses he sustained when Bayer’s experimental variety of genetically modified rice infiltrated the rice supply. More…
March 17th, 2010 at 10:35 am
YES, it’s about time… you are right.