AG Reform Recommendations Include Tightening Causation Standard

By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefA memo from Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan describing areas in which further workers’ compensation reform is necessary recommends lawmakers tighten the causation standard, a top priority for business and an issue that labor and trial lawyers kept out of reform discussions last year.Madigan’s memo was sent to lawmakers in response to a state auditor’s report released April 25 that criticized management of workers’ compensation claims by state employees, inconsistent awards by arbitrators, late submission of claim documents and a...