A local man is $1.3 million richer after an accident at a Port St. Lucie Walmart.
WPBF 25 News on Friday obtained a surveillance photo of Tom Papakalodoukas slipping on a sign that had fallen off a display.
It happened in 2011.
Papakalodoukas was left with a lifelong defect called a "popeye deformity," which creates abnormal bulges in his arm.
His attorney said she only asked for $600,000 in damages, but the jury awarded her client more than double that figure.
"We are very grateful for a jury system in this country that will allow a small local lawfirm like mine and an individual to be able to level the playing field and come in and have a fair trial against a large corporation like Walmart," attorney Gloria Seidule said.
Added Papakalodoukas: "It's tough. I just try to take it day by day. Hopefully, I'll heal this time and get my life back together."
The all-female jury found Walmart 90 percent at fault for the man's injuries.