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    Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up, PUBLIC EMPLOYEES—D. Or.: Utility worker with prostate cancer, assigned to cleaning sewers, advances several claims, (Nov 9, 2026)

    Law Firms Mentioned:Cable Huston | Mylander Law
    Organizations Mentioned:City of Tigard

    By Jason Albright, J.D.

    He was immunocompromised after his cancer treatment, and the sewer-cleaning assignment increased his infection risk.

    A former utility worker for the Public Works Department of the City of Tigard, Oregon, assigned to cleaning sewers after he returned t ...

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