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Negligently stored boxes cause $1.2m back injury

A worker has been awarded more than $1 million in damages after sustaining injuries accessing boxes stacked under his desk, with a court rejecting his employer's claim that the boxes weren't needed for day-to-day operations and the worker was the master of his own misfortune.

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