A jury not only believed her cancer was connected to the ethylene oxide gas emitted from the plant, but also decided the company should be punished for all of its toxic emissions.
A big verdict has been ordered against a suburban company the CBS 2 Investigators exposed years ago.for exposing her to cancer causing chemicals.
"Best three words I've ever heard, honestly," Kamuda said."Just such a relief. What came after that really didn't matter." On Monday, Sue Kamuda was the first of all plaintiffs to go to trial. She is a breast cancer survivor, who lived near the factory for three decades. A jury not only believed her cancer was connected to the ethylene oxide gas emitted from the plant, but also decided the company should be punished for all of its toxic emissions.
Each time, a jury will have to decide on fault and punitive damages and if this high verdict trend continues it could get to a point possibly where one giant superfund is created to handle all these cases. found the company liableKamuda testified under oath last week that she would have moved out of Willowbrook if she'd known about the dangerous ethylene oxide released by the Sterigenics plant.