JOPLIN, Mo. - A factory worker who claimed his lungs were ruined as a result of mixing flavoring oils used in microwave popcorn was awarded $20 million by a jury Monday.
?We?re relieved that it?s over and our lives can get back to as normal as they can be,? Eric Peoples said. ?At least for now, we?ll be able to spoil our children and let them forget for a while.?
Plaintiff requires lung transplant:
Trial testimony showed if Peoples? health remains stable, he could wait at least 10 years for a needed double-lung transplant; life expectancy of a lung transplant recipient is about 10 years.
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