Illinois Case Law Update
Friday, October 24, 2014 | 0
NEW! Matuszczak v. Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission, 12-MR-1631, (09/30/2014): The Appellate Court of Illinois ruled that an injured worker who was terminated for stealing from his employer was entitled to temporary total disability benefits after his termination because he had not reached maximum medical improvement before he lost his job.
NEW! PPG Industries v. The Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission, 4-13-0698WC, (09/30/2014): The Illinois Workers' Compensation Act does not contain an evidentiary limitation that bars the presentation of evidence of a claimant's work activities which occurred more than three years prior to the alleged manifestation date of a repetitive-trauma injury, the state Appellate Court ruled.
NEW! Stevenson v. FedEx Group Package System, 1:13-CV-00138, (9/24/2014): Illinois law does not allow an employer to impose an advance notification requirement on employees who seek medical treatment following a workplace injury, according to a federal trial judge.
NEW! Jentz v. ConAgra Foods, 13-1505, 13-1542, 13-1543 and 13-1544, (09/09/2014): A federal appellate court ruled that a property owner was not liable for a nearly $180 million jury verdict in favor of three workers injured in a grain bin explosion on the property.
NEW! Mt. Hawley Insurance Co. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London, 12 CH 13946, (09/09/2014): The carrier that issued a commercial general liability insurance policy to a construction subcontractor and then wrongfully denied coverage to the additional insureds named in the policy had to indemnify the carrier that provided a defense to the additional insureds, even though its own insured – the subcontractor – was found to not be at fault for a worker's accident at the job site.
NEW! Roach v. Union Pacific Railroad, 08 L 5401, (09/05/2014): The Appellate Court of Illinois upheld a $1.5 million award to the widow of a railway worker who died of a stroke after being struck by a train and suffering a degloving injury to his leg.
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