32-Year-Old Man Awarded $10 Million for
Brain Injury by Pesticide

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A 32-year-old man was awarded $10  million by a Monterey County (CA) jury in late October after being exposed to methyl bromide and suffering brain damage.

According to Alfred Lombardo, the plaintiff's lawyer, the man was exposed to methyl bromide in  July,1997 when he entered a recently fumigated home to install a heating system.  According to Lombardo, the pest management company did not follow the proper procedures as mandated by the label.

"Obviously, nobody intended for anyone to get hurt,"  Lombardo told the San Jose Mercury News.  "I think what happened is the company.....got sloppy and cut corners to save a few minutes."