A judge has ordered workers’ comp to pay for an obese worker’s gastric bypass surgery, saying it’s compensable under Oregon law.

Edward Sprague injured his knee in 1976. He reinjured it in 1999.

Also during that time span, Sprague’s weight went from 225 to 350 pounds.

Doctors told Sprague his weight would prevent successful treatment of the knee condition, so he sought workers’ comp medical benefits for the weight-loss surgery.

The insurance carrier argued that the claim wasn’t compensable because the obesity wasn’t caused by his 1976 accident.

But the state comp board and court ruled that Sprague’s bypass surgery should be paid for by workers’ comp. The court said the injury was more than a minor cause of Sprague’s need for gastric surgery. 

Four years ago, her bosses at Covent Garden fired soprano Deborah Voigt for being too fat to play the part of Ariadne in Richard Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos.”

In 2004, the casting director thought Voigt wouldn’t suit the “little black dress” he envisioned for the part.

Now, 120 pounds lighter after gastric bypass surgery, the same opera that fired her has invited her back for the part — and she’s accepted.

At the time she was fired, she wasn’t happy about the decision. But now, she tells Reuters “There’s no getting around the fact that the face of opera is changing.”

Voigt says she had the surgery for health reasons, not just to get better parts in operas.

And to promote her return — and also to show she has a sense of humor — she’s posted a video on YouTube in which she has a conversation with the “little black dress.”