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Workers’ Comp

A Washington state law that amended a workers’ compensation scheme for workers at a decommissioned federal nuclear production site does not discriminate against the federal government, the Ninth Circuit ruled. The law established for workers at the site a presumption that certain conditions and cancers are occupational diseases.

SAN FRANCISCO — A Washington state law that amended a workers’ compensation scheme for workers at a decommissioned federal nuclear production site does not discriminate against the federal government, the Ninth Circuit ruled. The law established for workers at the site a presumption that certain conditions and cancers are occupational diseases.

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