{"id":21468,"date":"2013-08-20T12:40:53","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T16:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utu.org\/?p=21468"},"modified":"2013-08-20T12:40:53","modified_gmt":"2013-08-20T16:40:53","slug":"court-rules-taxes-withholding-from-jury-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/court-rules-taxes-withholding-from-jury-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Court rules taxes withheld from jury award","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OMAHA, Nebraska \u2014 A trial judge was wrong to order BNSF railroad to pay the full amount awarded by a jury to a former railroad worker without deducting federal railroad retirement taxes, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Eddie Heckman, of Alliance, was injured on the job in 2003 and sued the railroad in 2004. A jury awarded Heckman $145,000 in 2011. 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