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Employer's five-month delay in collecting ergonomic seat leads to $1.5m damages award

An employer that sat on its hands instead of installing a provided ergonomic seat in an injured worker's vehicle, has been ordered to pay the man nearly $1.5 million in damages for aggravating his condition.

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