Commission Looking for Claims 'Clusters' Similar to Menard

By David Dankwa, WorkCompCentral correspondentA new attorney for the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission, which was rocked by the Menard Correctional Facility claims scandal, is looking to see if there are similar clusters of claims in the state system.The review by the attorney, Mary Adkins, who was hired last fall, is ongoing but so far is "preliminary and necessarily includes reviewing paperwork," commission spokesperson Alka Nayyar told WorkCompCentral.Adkins is also tasked with reviewing and summarizing settlement contracts that have been entered and approved after Sept. 11, 201...