Industry Insights
| Illinois Case Law Update | 04/09/2015 | ||
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| NEW! Vaughn v. City of Carbondale, 12-MR-172, (03/2015): The 5th District of the Illinois Appellate Court ruled that the City of Carbondale couldn't terminate the health insurance coverage for a police officer who quit working after he banged his head on the door frame of his patrol car. ...Read More | |||
| Inconsistent Standards of Care, judicially Mandated | 03/17/2015 | ||
| By: Michael Gavin | |||
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| Very little good has ever come from judges attempting to interpret legislative intent in the face of disputed medical treatment. Barbara Shepard injured her back, neck and ...Read More | |||
| Illinois Case Law Update | 03/11/2015 | ||
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| NEW! Nee v. Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission, 12-L-51321, (02/27/2015): The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a plumbing inspector's trip and fall over a curb resulted in a compensable injury because the nature of his job placed him at an increased risk of having such an accide...Read More | |||
| Illinois Case Law Update | 01/22/2015 | ||
| Source: WCC Staff | |||
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| NEW! Bob Red Remodeling Inc. v. Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission (Lemanski), 1-13-0974WC, (12/31/2014): The Appellate Court of Illinois ruled that a worker was entitled to an award of permanent and total disability benefits based on his traumatic brain injury, and that he did not for...Read More | |||
| Increase Benefits in 3 Simple Ways | 01/19/2015 | ||
| By: Peter Rousmaniere (Featured Columnist) | |||
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| Some states try to severely constrict workers’ compensation claims. Oklahoma decided to exclude from coverage any injury that was “foreseeable.” Any safety professional with a good grasp of her subject will say that most work injuries are quite foreseeable in that they can be st...Read More | |||
| I Want a Do Over! Overturning an Approved Settlement | 01/16/2015 | ||
| By: Howard Stevens | |||
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| There are few more disconcerting developments in workers’ compensation litigation than to have worked hard to achieve a successful settlement complete with review and approval by a judge, only to have a party suddenly decide the settlement was not in their best interest and to file paperwor...Read More | |||
| Is Utilization Review in the Cards for 2015? | 12/03/2014 | ||
| By: Dr. Robert Weinmann | |||
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| Utilization review is the process in workers' comp whereby outside physicians decide whether or not to authorize care prescribed by a primary treating physician or consultant called upon by the PTP to advise about the next diagnostic or therapeutic steps that should be taken for an industrial...Read More | |||
| Illinois Case Law Update | 12/02/2014 | ||
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| NEW! The Levy Co. v. Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission et al., 1-13-1338WC, (11/14/2014): A trial court did not make a mistake in affirming the decision of the Illinois Workers' Comp...Read More | |||
| Illinois Case Law Update | 10/24/2014 | ||
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| NEW! Matuszczak v. Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission, 12-MR-1631, (09/30/2014): The Appellate Court of Illinois ruled that an injured worker who was terminated for stealing from his empl...Read More | |||
| Important Recent Illinois Case Law | 09/08/2014 | ||
| By: WCC Staff | |||
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| NEW! Akemann v. Quinn et al., 4-13-0867, (08/26/2014): The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that an ousted Workers' Compensation Commission arbitrator had no vested right to serve the three-year term that the commission had selected him to fill once the Legislature changed the appointment proce...Read More | |||
