To Dream the Impossible Dream

To reverse and reinstate this claim based on an unachievable reinstatement effort would have required basically rewriting over 100 years of the Illinois Workers' Compensation Act and Rules—one has to wonder if sanctions should lie? In Farrar v. Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission, issued Feb. 11, a unanimous Appellate Court, Workers' Compensation Division was faced with the oddest of Illinois workers' compensation claims—petitioner was a pilot for a major international airline. She alleged an injury occurring in April 2003. She underwent a cervical fusion all...