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See Damme v. Pike Enters., Inc., 289 Neb. 620, 2014 Neb. LEXIS 188 (Dec. 5, 2014) [289 Neb. 620, 2014 Neb. LEXIS 188 (Dec. 5, 2014)]
See generally Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law, § 64.03 [64.03]
Source: Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law, the nation’s leading authority on workers’ compensation law.
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