No Penalty for Employer When Late Payment of Bills Was Caused by Worker's Delay

The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that an employer shouldn't have been subjected to a penalty for its failure to timely pay a worker's medical bills when the worker had delayed in providing copies of the bills to her employer. Case: Theis v. IWCC, No. 1-16-1237WC, 03/17/2017, published. Facts: Brittany Theis filed a workers' compensation claim in May 2014 after injuring her arm in an on-the-job fall. An arbitrator determined Theis was entitled to temporary total disability benefits in the amount of $460 per week, as well as permanent partial disability benef...