A Henry County Circuit Court judge ordered Kansas City Power & Light Co. to pay James Philpott of Clinton, Mo., $10.7 million in damages after he was exposed to sulfur compounds at its coal-fired Montrose Station plant that caused him to develop occupational asthma.
Philpott worked at the Montrose Station plant since 1987, most recently as a journeyman mechanic. Part of his job required him to perform maintenance work on the plant's sulfur injection system, which pumped molten sulfur from a 60-ton…
A Henry County Circuit Court judge ordered Kansas City Power & Light Co. to pay James Philpott of Clinton, Mo., $10.7 million in damages after he was exposed to sulfur compounds at its coal-fired Montrose Station plant that caused him to develop occupational asthma.
Philpott worked at the Montrose Station plant since 1987, most recently as a journeyman mechanic. Part of his job required him to perform maintenance work on the plant's sulfur injection system, which pumped molten sulfur from a 60-ton…