Justice Says Ruling Leaves Employer With No Remedy for Fraud

The presiding justice of the Illinois Appellate Court last week took umbrage with the idea that neither the judicial system nor the Workers' Compensation Commission is willing to take responsibility for deciding whether a worker has obtained comp benefits through fraud. On Wednesday, the Appellate Court split on the question of whether a trial judge had jurisdiction to rule on whether an injured truck driver became ineligible for temporary total disability benefits by lying about his physical limitations. A majority of the court said it should have been up to the commission to make the c...