Important Recent Case Law for Illinois

Wednesday, June 4, 2014 | 0

NEW! Wright v. Board of Trustees, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois, 4-13-0719, (05/22/2014): The Appellate Court of Illinois ruled that the state retirement system for university workers was entitled to take an offset from the disability retirement benefits payable to an injured worker commensurate with the amount of temporary total disability benefits she received from the workers' compensation system.

NEW! Hooker v. The Retirement Board of the Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago, 1-13-1568, (05/22/2014): The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that the heirs of a widow who had mounted a long-running battle about the amount of benefits due to her after the death of her husband, a firefighter for the city of Chicago, ruled that her claims did not survive her own death. 

NEW! Compass Group v. Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission, 12-MR-700, (05/13/2014): The Appellate Court of Illinois denied rehearing as to an employer's claim that it had not intended to stipulate to the payment of fee schedule rates for an employee's medical treatment expenses and maintained its original ruling awarding benefits to the employee and directing that the employee's request for reimbursement for his home modifications be reconsidered by the Workers' Compensation Commission.

NEW! Brais v. Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission, 10 MR 650, (05/08/2014): A municipal employee was entitled to compensation for her injuries from a fall on the cracked pavement on a public sidewalk outside of the courthouse where she worked, the Illinois Appellate Court ruled.

NEW! Amco Insurance Co. v. Cincinnati Insurance Co., 11 CH 41151, (05/05/2014): The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a carrier cannot avoid the "targeted tender" doctrine by having an insured rescind its designation of the carrier as the provider of coverage for a claim after the settlement of the claim.

NEW! Parks v. Brinkman, 07-LA-464, (05/02/2014): The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a Jaycees chapter could not be held vicariously liable for the conduct of a member which resulted in injuries to a fellow volunteer at an Oktoberfest event.

NEW! Paluch v. United Parcel Service, 12 L 50237, (04/30/2014): The Illinois Appellate Court denied rehearing of a dispute about whether a settlement agreement allowed an employer to include the seed money it provided to fund a Medicare Set-Aside account as part of its payment of the $400,000 settlement with its worker or not. 

NEW! Fonseca v. Clark Construction Group, 10 L 1404, (04/28/2014): The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that the general contractor on a construction project did not owe a duty of care to the employee of a subcontractor who tripped over a pipe that had been left on the ground by workers for another subcontractor.

Donald W. Fohrman & Associates v. Marc D. Alberts, 2011 CH 03229, (03/14/2014): The Appellate Court ruled that a workers' compensation firm was not entitled to the referral fees it claimed to be due from a personal injury firm to which it had referred clients.

Village of Villa Park v. Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission, 10-MR-000027, (02/06/2014): The Illinois Appellate Court will not reconsider its determination that a police officer who fell while descending a flight of stairs at work was entitled to compensation for his back injury.