A Nebraska court has backed a 2007 ruling ordering an Omaha employer to pay workers' compensation to an illegal immigrant.

A three-judge panel of the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court has affirmed a ruling made by a Douglas County trial judge in March 2007. It requires Sun Valley Landscapes to pay the man's medical bills and lost wages.

Court documents say German Andrade suffered a broken foot when a bucket fell on it while he was on the job.

He developed a limp and then suffered a lower back injury.

Andrade lost 45 percent of his earning capabilities.