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A 10-year-old boy born with severe deformities has been awarded $3.9 million by a jury that found his problems were caused by lead spray from a manufacturing plant that contaminated his mother's home-grown vegetables in West Los Angeles. The award handed down Wednesday will pay for lifetime medical bills and caretaking that Marcos Franco will need and will compensate him for his lost earnings, said his attorney, Roger L. Gordon, who called the award "fair and reasonable."

A 10-year-old boy born with severe deformities has been awarded $3.9 million by a jury that found his problems were caused by lead spray from a manufacturing plant that contaminated his mother's home-grown vegetables in West Los Angeles. The award handed down Wednesday will pay for lifetime medical bills and caretaking that Marcos Franco will need and will compensate him for his lost earnings, said his attorney, Roger L. Gordon, who called the award "fair and reasonable."