Traveling Employee Gets Award for Injuries From Fall Down Stairs at Office

The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a municipal worker was a traveling employee and entitled to benefits for his injuries from falling down stairs as he was leaving his office. Michael Iniquez worked for the Town of Cicero as a blight inspector. According to Iniquez, he normally began his workday at Cicero’s Town Hall. He would enter the building using a key card, then use the south stairwell to ascend to the second floor to his office. Iniquez would retrieve his work phone and download his assignments for the day from Cicero’s computer. To leave, he ...