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Independence lawyer wins Iowa ‘popcorn’ lung case

Federal jury returns $7.5 million verdict day after victim dies

A federal jury in Iowa has awarded $7.5 million to a man who worked at a microwave popcorn plant and developed a lung disease caused by a chemical in the artificial butter flavor. The plaintiff, 69-year-old Ronald Kuiper, did not live to hear the verdict - he died March 11, a day earlier.  His attorney, Kenneth B. ...

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