Supreme Court Upholds FELA Award Apportioning Fault to Worker, Denying Employer Offset

The Nebraska Supreme Court upheld a jury verdict awarding benefits to a railroad dispatcher for her ankle injury that was largely apportioned to her own fault, and that denied the employer an offset to the short-term disability it had paid. Chaylea Cramer worked as a dispatcher for Union Pacific Railroad Co. She twisted her left ankle at work in August 2017 while descending a flight of stairs leading toward a restroom. Cramer cared for her ankle at home that night and wore a brace to work the next day. She then met with a superior who allegedly encouraged her not to report the incident....