Positional Risk Doctrin At Risk in Illinois

The Illinois legislature has on its agenda debate about a bill that would eliminate the defense of the "positional risk" doctrine regarding AOE/COE.Authored by Rep. Jack Franks (D-McHenry), HB 245 would amend the Workers' Compensation Act and the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act, such they would read, "...an injury (or disease) arises out of the employment if the injury (or disease) would not have occurred but for the fact that the conditions or obligations of the employment placed the employee in the position where the employee was injured (or exposed to the disease) by a neutral force. A ...