A DeKalb County jury delivered a post-apportioned award of more than $1.9 million to a trucker injured when a shipment of merchandise he was unloading at a Stein Mart department store collapsed on him.

The accident happened nearly nine years ago, and the plaintiff’s attorneys said the case was complicated for two reasons: Their client’s injuries were not immediately apparent, and a workers’ compensation doctor said surgery was unnecessary in the months following the incident.