Urbanak v. Hinde

DANIEL S. PEARSON, Judge.

Richard Urbanak, a plaintiff below, appeals from a final judgment entered on a favorable jury verdict from which the jury, pursuant to the trial court’s instruction, deducted workers’ compensation of a specified amount paid to Urbanak by the Federal Government.1 Because we conclude that the instruction and the consequent deduction were incorrect, we remand the case to the trial court with directions to enter a modified final judgment.

During the course of his employment by the Federal Government’s National Weather Service, Urbanak was severely injured when a fork lift…