Legal Opinion
Gregory R. Czerkies v. U.S. Department of Labor, Employment Standards Administration and Office of Workers Compensation Programs
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 17, 1996No. 93-3391PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
Federal employees who are injured on the job can apply to the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs in the Department of Labor for workers’ compensation benefits, including vouchers to enable the injured employee to pay for medical treatment of the injury. 5 U.S.C. § 8103(b). Mr. CzerMes, the plaintiff in this case, did this, and was turned down. He has tried to challenge the Office’s decision by means of a suit in federal district court, in the teeth of a strongly worded judicial door-closing statute. The Federal Employees Compensation Act provides that “[t]he action…
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