Employer Liability for Attorney Fees in 3rd-Party Suit Doesn't Include Future Medical

An employer is not required to pay attorney fees on future medical benefits that were suspended because of the claimant's success in a third-party lawsuit against a premises owner, the Illinois Appellate Court ruled in a case involving a $64 million judgment to an iron worker who was rendered paraplegic in an industrial accident. Case: Bayer v. Panduit Corp., 2015 IL App (st) 132252, 10/19/2015. Facts: Panduit, an electrical components manufacturer, hired Garbe Iron Works to expand its warehouse in DeKalb, Illinois, in June 2007. Garbe hired Area Erectors as a subcontractor on the projec...