Bayer faces trial over 65,000 remaining Roundup claims

Bayer is facing a new trial in a Missouri state court to test remaining Roundup personal injury lawsuits, Reuters reported on September 29, 2026. The company confronts an estimated 65,000 Roundup personal injury claims across U.S. federal and state courts. The new trial evaluates design-defect claims that survived earlier legal challenges.

The trial follows a 7-2 U.S. Supreme Court ruling on June 25, 2026, that favored Bayer by establishing federal preemption over state-level failure-to-warn claims. That decision overturned a 1.25 million dollar Missouri jury verdict in the John Durnell lawsuit. However, plaintiffs continue to pursue liability under design-defect theories.

Bayer previously committed 10 billion dollars in 2020 to resolve the initial wave of Roundup litigation. In February 2026, the company proposed an additional nationwide class settlement valued at 7.25 billion dollars. That proposal includes a payout matrix ranging from a minimum of 10,000 dollars to a maximum of 165,000 dollars per individual claimant.

Regulators also continue to examine the underlying chemistry of the herbicide. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has set a target completion year of 2026 for its ongoing re-evaluation and human health risk assessment of glyphosate.