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Adverse action taken against silicosis victim

A Federal judge has ordered an employer to pay a worker at least $162,000 in compensation, after hearing the man used a t-shirt as a face mask when he joined the company, and finding it took unlawful adverse action against him after he was diagnosed with silicosis.

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