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: Wise Law BlogIndiana Employer Must Pay for Employee's Weight Loss Surgery
From Overlawyered (via AP)
?An Indiana court has ruled that a pizza shop must pay for a 340-pound employee?s weight-loss surgery to ensure the success of another operation for a back injury he suffered at work ? raising concern among businesses bracing for more such claims.? The case was decided under workers? compensation law, which is generally more coverage-friendly than workplace liability law."
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Full post as published by Wise Law Blog on September 15, 2009 (boomark / email).
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