Federal jury orders defunct turkey plant to pay 32 workers for
abuse at work.   IOWA CITY, Iowa -- An Iowa jury on Wednesday
awarded $7.5 million to each of the 32 mentally disabled Iowans
who faced decades of discrimination and abuse while working for
Henry's Turkey Service in Atalissa.  When jurors announced the
$240 million judgment, after less than eight hours of
deliberation, Sherri Brown, the sister of one of the 32 men,
broke down in tears.  "I totally lost it," she said later. "I
wanted the jury to make a statement so that my brother Keith and
all of those men would know that someone had heard them. And if
this isn't a statement, I don't know what is."  The $240 million
judgment reflects $2 million in compensatory damages plus $5.5
million in punitive damages for each man.  Dr. Sue Gant, an
expert witness who testified for the EEOC on the hardships
suffered by the disabled workers, said the judgment represents
"a groundbreaking advancement in that it demonstrates that the
men have value that is equal