SCOTUS Says Railroad Workers Can Get Review of Denials to Reopen Claims

A narrowly divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled that railroad workers can request judicial review of decisions by the Railroad Retirement Board denying requests to reopen their benefit claims. Case: Salinas v. U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, No. 19-199, 02/03/2021, published. Facts and procedural history: Manfredo M. Salinas worked for the Union Pacific Railroad for 15 years. During that time, he suffered two serious injuries. The first occurred in 1989 when a co-worker dropped a sledgehammer from an overhead bridge, hitting Salinas on the top of the head. The second was in 1993 when a woo...