Trucker Fined $10K for Refusing to Purchase WC Insurance

The owner of a Chicago trucking company has been fined $10,000 after pleading guilty to a felony for refusing to obtain workers’ compensation insurance since 2010, the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission said.According to an IWCC press release, John Linek, president of SMS Logistics of Chicago, had refused to obtain workers’ compensation insurance for employees even after the agency first contacted him in 2010.Linek was "given many opportunities to obtain insurance before charges were filed, but he persistently refused," the IWCC said.The IWCC’s Insurance Com...