Today’s case addresses the question of whether lost wages awarded under the Federal Employers Liability Act, or FELA, are subject to taxation under the Railroad Retirement Tax Act, or RRTA, as compensation or whether they are personal-injury damages as defined by the Internal Revenue Code and nontaxable — an issue upon which the law was conflicted.The case comes from the Illinois Appellate Court, which was instructed by the state Supreme Court in a supervisory order to reconsider its ruling that lost wages are …