IL Supreme Court Defines Stress Standard

The Illinois Supreme Court in March said that in a 'mental-physical' injury case, the claimant need not show that his stress exceeded the stress experienced by co-workers; rather, claimant need only prove that the usual stress of the workplace is greater than that of the general public. In Baggett v. Industrial Commission, Illinois Supreme Court. No. 90385, 2002 WL 418139 (March 15), Darwin Baggett, a high school industrial arts teacher, filed a claim alleging that he developed an ulcer due to the stress of teaching industrial arts at a high school. Baggett's severe gastrointestinal bleeding...