A Philadelphia jury has awarded more than $38.5 million in punitive damages to the estates of two Kraft employees who were fatally gunned down by a disgruntled co-worker.

After less than three hours of deliberation, the jury in Wilson v. U.S. Security Associates ruled 11-1 to award the estates of Tanya Wilson and LaTonya Brown $38.5 million. The award comes about a month after a separate jury presiding over the compensatory phase awarded the estates more than $8 million.

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