TAMPA, FLA. - A Florida court has approved a settlement between Ag-Mart Produce Inc. and a farmworker couple whose baby was born without limbs after the mother worked in the company's North Carolina tomato fields while pregnant.

Hillsborough Circuit Judge Charlene Honeywell approved a confidential settlement Wednesday that was reached last month by attorneys for the couple and the company. The couple's attorney said the settlement is "very significant" and will provide a lifetime of care for their son.

The couple also worked in Florida on Ag-Mart tomato fields.

Ag-Mart did not admit any wrongdoing, but the company has stopped using a number of pesticides alleged to have caused birth defects. The company's attorney declined to comment after Wednesday's hearing.

Francisca Herrera and Abraham Candelario said they worked for Ag-Mart in 2004, before and after the birth of their son, Carlos.

They and other workers have testified the company sprayed pesticides while they worked in the tomato fields or didn't wait sufficient time before sending workers back to the fields.