The Illinois Supreme Court will be weighing in on whether the state treasurer, as custodian of the state's Injured Workers' Benefit Fund, is exempt from the statutory requirement that any party seeking review of a decision by the Workers' Compensation Commission post an appeal bond.
The issue arose in Janina Zakarzecka's workers' compensation claim.
Zakarzecka had worked as a home health care provider, caregiver and companion to Joseph Meuse, an elderly man who was legally blind. She injured her wrists falling down the stairs at Meuse's house.
She filed a claim for w...
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