By Bill Kidd, Central Bureau ChiefAn Illinois Senate committee has approved legislation to prohibit workers' compensation benefits to workers injured during the course of a crime that injures or kills other individuals, after hearing testimony from the mother of two teenage sisters killed when Illinois State Trooper Matt Mitchell's squad car hit their vehicle at more than 100 mph.Kimberly Schlau, mother of Kelli and Jessica Uhl, appeared at the Senate Executive Committee's meeting on Tuesday to support Senate Bill 1147 by Sen. William Haine, D-Alton, which would deny workers' c...
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