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Article: A Bitter Pill for Winner In Tylenol-Damage Suit; $5 Million Fails to Settle Va. Man's Concerns
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- The Washington Post
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- January 17, 1996
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Six weeks ago, Antonio Benedi walked out of his lawyer's
office with a check for more than $5 million, courtesy of a federal
jury that found the makers of Tylenol liable for destroying his
liver. When he reached his Springfield home, he placed the check on
the night table next to his bed. For two days, he stared at it,
trying to figure out how his entire life had been reduced to a
handwritten number on a piece of paper.
"I didn't win the lottery; I lost my health," Benedi, 40,
said. "Your entire life, your goals, your dreams, are all wrapped up
into one amount on a check. I couldn't bring myself to take it to
the bank."
Almost three years after he nearly died taking Tylenol and ...