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  1.                                                                                 BUSINESS, Page 45Business NotesLABORNo Peace For a Veteran
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  4.     John Beverly, 42, a Viet Nam veteran, suffers from
  5. posttraumatic stress disorder, which includes sudden flashbacks
  6. of battlefield terror. Last week two administrative-law judges
  7. in Wisconsin awarded Beverly $85,700 in worker's compensation
  8. after finding that co-workers at the Miller brewery in
  9. Milwaukee preyed on him from 1981 to 1983 by taunting him with
  10. loud noises. Beverly claimed that employees popped milk
  11. cartons, broke beer bottles and even set off fireworks to see
  12. his reaction. Helpless in the grip of the disorder, he would
  13. throw himself to the floor. Eventually he became so anxious,
  14. the judges found, that he could no longer hold a job. The
  15. Miller company, which would pay the penalty, plans to appeal
  16. the ruling.
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