A beer taster at Brahma Brewery, near Rio de Janeiro, won £1.2m compensation after he became an alcoholic.
Bernd Naveke drank about eight litres of beer a day for 20 years in the course of his job.
The brewery sacked him.
The Independent on Sunday 04/04/04 page 10 (Observatory)
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