A jury in Georgia has ordered Monsanto parent Bayer to pay nearly $2.1 billion in damages to a man who says the company’s Roundup weed killer caused his cancer.

A Georgia jury has awarded a man $2.1 billion in damages from the parent company of Monsanto, finding that its Roundup weed killer caused his cancer.

A Georgia jury found pharmaceutical and agricultural products giant Bayer liable for more than $2 billion in damages to a plaintiff who argued that Roundup weed killer caused his cancer, the latest hit in a series of legal fights over the herbicide glyphosate.