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Amazon Says OSHA Primacy Bars Suits To Enforce State Virus Policies


July 8, 2020 at 06:05 PM
Amazon.com is asking a federal district court to reject a suit over its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic as an infringement on OSHA’s “primary jurisdiction” over workplace safety issues, arguing that allowing lawsuits to enforce state-level coronavirus policies would create “an inconsistent patchwork” of contradictory judicial orders.

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