Deductible Owed for Each Worker Diseased by Pig-Brain Mist

The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled that a pork processing company must pay a $600,000 deductible for each of the workers' compensation claims filed by 12 employees who say they were made sick by inhaling aerosolized pig-brain proteins while using compressed air to remove meat from skulls. Quality Pork Processors contended that it must pay only a single $600,000 deductible to American Home Assurance Co., but the appellate court affirmed a Mower County District Court decision that the plain language of the employer's workers' compensation policy requires it to pay a $600,000 deduct...