Iowa Jury Awards $3.52 Million at Conclusion of Truck Driver’s Benzene Trial

DAVENPORT, Iowa –– An Iowa jury has awarded just over $3.5 million at the conclusion of a benzene trial brought by the widow of a former truck driver who, she alleged, developed acute myeloid leukemia as a result of exposure to benzene during the course of his employment.

The jury in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa reached the verdict on April 5 after less than one day of deliberations; the six-day trial started on March 28 and was presided over by Hon. Stephanie M. Rose.

Sources said that jurors awarded $1.76 million in actual …