The deleterious nature of pesticides, herbicides, animal sprays and other chemicals has raised eyebrows in what many knew as the far-reaching rewards of the agrarian revolution. Farmers in the United States now favor organic farming to meet new food consumer sentiment due to the dangers lurking in chemically-grown plants. Agrichemical manufacturers have become the new defendants in mass tort actions instituted by farmers who have developed cancer after using their products such as herbicides. With companies
Kent Shaw who owns a large plantation developed cancer after spraying herbicides procured from one manufacturer who had concealed the link of gyphosphate to Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma from regulatory agencies. Rather than risk a lawsuit that could open up the Pandora box for mass tort suits, the defendant chooses to settle the claim. Shaw became a recipient of payments under a “structured settlement”. Under a structured settlement, the defendant makes an arrangement for a future income stream to devolve compensa
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