Lisbon - A Portuguese woman has been awarded 50,000 euros in damages after an accident at work made her husband impotent and left her with an unfulfilled sex life, it was reported Sunday.

"I'd rather stay poor and do without the money, because no money in the world can match good health - but the verdict is just," the wife was quoted as saying by Publico newspaper.

She added that because the accident had affected not just her husband but the entire family, the damages payment should have been higher.

The country's top court ruled that the husband had suffered fits of jealousy which greatly harmed their marriage since the 2001 accident.

The then 29-year-old truck driver was struck by one of his employer's vehicles - an accident for which he had already received 370,000 euros damages in a separate court case.(dpa)