Quinn Signs Bill to Deny Comp for Injuries Incurred During Felonies

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation Monday to prohibit employees convicted of reckless homicide, aggravated drunken driving or other felonies from receiving workers' compensation benefits for injuries resulting from those crimes, the Belleville News-Democrat reported Tuesday.Senate Bill 1147 by Sen. Bill Haine, D-Alton, and carried in the House of Representatives by Rep. Dwight Kay, R-Glen Carbon, resulted from the deaths of two teenage sisters, Kelli and Jessica Uhl of Collinsville, in 2007.The sisters died when a police cruiser driven by former Illinois State Police Trooper M...