A jury ordered General Motors to pay $122 million in a lawsuit alleging a defective door was to blame for the severe brain injuries suffered by a 12-year-old boy in a car wreck.

An Alabama jury on Friday ruled against Monsanto Co. and Solutia Inc. in a case seeking to repay property damages resulting from production of dangerous chemicals several decades ago, according to the Circuit Court in Gadsden, Alabama.

What began as a trickle is turning into a deluge of litigation against the Monsanto Co. and its spin-off company Solutia over its longtime practice of dumping PCBs on its landfill in Anniston, Ala.

The case has been more than seven years in the making.