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State wins appeal, safety case reopened in Amish farm death

A mid-Michigan organic dairy farm is fighting state safety regulators, five years after a 19-year-old family member was fatally electrocuted while removing a metal pole from a grain bin.

The dispute involves the state’s scrutiny of small farms, the traditions of an Amish family and whether Alvin Yoder should be considered an employee when he was accidentally killed.

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