The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a Washington state workers' compensation law related to federal contractor employees at the U.S. Energy Dept.’s Hanford nuclear waste cleanup site in the state that could potentially cost the federal government tens of millions of dollars a year for decades.
It also could open the door for similar cases over workers' comp eligibility at federal sites in other states. “The practical consequences are far-reaching,” U.S. government lawyers said in court documents.