The case was brought in Fayette County District Court against Don Wilburn Collins, who was found liable, but was never prosecuted, for attacking 8-year-old Robbie Middleton.
Middleton died this year at the age of 20 from cancer related to his burns.
The jury awarded Middleton's family $150 billion in punitive damages and $370 million in actual damages on Tuesday.
Collins is currently serving a prison sentence for aggravated sexual assault of a different 8-year-old boy and will be eligible for parole in September 2011.
After sexually assaulting Middleton on his birthday, Collins tied him to a tree, drenched him in gasoline and set him on fire, resulting in burns to over 99 percent of his body.
Montgomery
County
prosecutors initially charged Collins with one count of
injury to a child, but later dropped the charge because of a lack of evidence.
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