Supreme Court Overturns Washington Workers’ Compensation Law (1)

The US Supreme Court unanimously overturned a Washington state workers’ compensation law designed for federal contractors working at a nuclear waste site, rejecting arguments that the challenge is moot because of a new measure the legislature passed while the dispute was pending.

There are open questions about the impact of the new law, including whether it will prevent the federal government from recouping or avoiding paying as much as $37 million in compensation claims awarded under the earlier law at issue in the case, the justices said Tuesday.

“It is thus not ‘impossible’ that the United States will recover money ...