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clipped from www.nytimes.com The estimated amount, in millions of dollars, that Wal-Mart Stores has spent in legal fees battling a $7,000 federal fine, which was assessed after shoppers trampled a Wal-Mart employee to death at a Long Island store in 2008. Wal-Mart argues that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is improperly trying to categorize “crowd trampling” as a hazard that retailers must take steps to prevent. The Labor Department’s legal office says it has logged 4,725 hours of employee time on the case. Wal-Mart did not dispute OSHA’s $2 million estimate. In a legal filing in February, the company acknowledged that it had already spent $1 million on legal fees.