Illinois Work Comp News

Published by Howdy Workers on May 22, 2021May 22, 2021

The latest news about workers compensation in Illinois.

• No Benefits for Retail Worker Injured in Parking Lot
  October 3, 2022
  The Illinois Appellate Court upheld a determination that a retail worker was not entitled to benefits for her injuries from a fall in a parking lot adjacent to the store…
• Prior Settlement Doesn't Bar Employer From Challenging Causation
  September 29, 2022
  The Illinois Appellate Court upheld a determination that an employer was not collaterally estopped from challenging causation for a worker’s condition and that the worker failed to prove his condition…
• Firefighter With Rare Kidney Cancer Establishes Condition as Occupational Disease
  September 27, 2022
  The Illinois Appellate Court upheld an award of benefits to a firefighter for his kidney cancer, finding he established an occupational disease by a preponderance of the evidence. Matt Wood worked…
• Commission's Decision Complies With Scope of Remand Order to Revisit Worker's Credibility
  September 26, 2022
  The Illinois Appellate Court upheld an award of benefits to a worker after a prior remand order had directed the Workers’ Compensation Commission to revisit its adverse finding as to…
• No Prospective Surgery, Maintenance Benefits for Retail Worker Injured in Robbery
  September 23, 2022
  The Illinois Appellate Court upheld a determination that a retail worker injured in a robbery was not entitled to prospective surgery or maintenance benefits. Case: Currey v. IWCC, No. 1-21-0829WC, 09/16/2022,…
• Employer Gets Summary Discharge of Worker's Retaliatory Termination Claim
  September 20, 2022
  The Illinois Appellate Court upheld the summary dismissal of an allegedly injured worker’s retaliatory discharge claim. Dana E. Eckerty began working for the Eastern Illinois Foodbank in 2001, and aside from…
• Employer's 11-Month Delay in Giving Carrier Notice of Claim Not Unreasonable As Matter of Law
  September 14, 2022
  An Illinois appellate court ruled that an employer’s 11-month delay in giving notice of an injury to its insurance carrier was not unreasonable as a matter of law under the…
• Court Finds Injured Police Officer Entitled to Dutry Disability Pension
  September 12, 2022
  The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that an injured police officer was entitled to a line-of-duty disability pension. Case: Snarski v. Board of Trustees of the Schiller Park Police Pension Board, No.
• AG Sues Construction Firm for Misclassification Scheme
  September 7, 2022
  Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit accusing a construction company of misclassifying workers and paying them in cash in an effort to skirt laws intended to protect workers. Drive…
• Governor Reappoints 11 IWCC Arbitrators
  August 23, 2022
  Gov. J.B. Pritzker reappointed 11 arbitrators to the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission. Dennis O’Brien The governor’s office announced the following reappointments: Dennis O’Brien, who has served as an arbitrator since 2019. Previously,…

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