Industry Insights
| Illinois Case Law Update | 10/22/2015 | ||
| By: WorkCompCentral | |||
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| NEW! Bayer v. Panduit Corp., 2015 IL App (st) 132252, (10/19/2015): An employer is not required to pay attorney fees on future medical benefits that were suspended because of the claimant's success in a third-party lawsuit against a premises owner, the Illinois Appellate Court ruled in a...Read More | |||
| Illinois Case Law Update | 10/08/2015 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
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| NEW! S&C Electric Co. v. Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission, 1-14-1057WC, (10/02/2015): The Illinois Appellate Court upheld an award of total disability benefits to a factory worker for a back injury, finding no error in the Workers' Compensation Commission's resolutio...Read More | |||
| Illinois Case Law Update | 09/17/2015 | ||
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| NEW! Pekin Insurance Co. v. Martin Cement Co., 3-14-0290, (09/02/2015): The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a commercial general liability insurance carrier was not entitled to summary judgment on its denial of its duty to defend a cement company from a negligence claim by a subcontracto...Read More | |||
| Integrated Services v. Choice | 08/21/2015 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
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| A prominent issue for many work comp payer execs is the continued consolidation in the medical management space; as the big get huge, there are fewer and fewer choices for payers to turn to. The big, multi-product/multi-service companies tout the benefits of buying everything from them; c...Read More | |||
| If Workers' Compensation Were Nationalized | 08/18/2015 | ||
| By: David Langham | |||
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| In 1972, the Report of the National Commission on State Workmen's Compensation Laws was published. This link leads to a page that provides access to the various portions of the report, There are those who advocate a ret...Read More | |||
| Illinois Case Law Update | 07/28/2015 | ||
| By: WorkCompCentral | |||
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| NEW! Dibble v. Quinn, 14-2328, and Akemann v. Quinn, 14-2746, (07/20/2015): The U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that two ousted arbitrators for the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission did not have a constitutionally protected property interest in their positions when Public Act ...Read More | |||
| Illinois Case Law Update | 07/09/2015 | ||
| By: WorkCompCentral | |||
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| NEW! Sunrise Assisted Living v. Banach, 11-MR-1348, (06/26/2015): The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that the pendency of a worker's petition to modify an award of benefits does not deprive a trial judge of jurisdiction to enter a judgment for payment of that award. NEW! DiBenedetto v...Read More | |||
| IMR: Whose Rules Apply? | 06/30/2015 | ||
| By: Howard Stevens | |||
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| The Fight is On: “What you think you heard me say is not what I think I said,” I remarked the other day when I was misquoted on an interpretation of the law. A legislator’s favorite ...Read More | |||
| Illinois Case Law Update | 06/12/2015 | ||
| By: WorkCompCentral | |||
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| NEW! Majid v. The Retirement Board of the Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of the City of Chicago, 1-13-2182, (05/22/2015): The Illinois Appellate Court upheld the constitutionality of a Pension Code provision which requires injured police officers to forfeit their entitlement to disabili...Read More | |||
| Illinois Case Law Update | 05/08/2015 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
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| NEW! Steel & Machinery Transportation v. Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission, 13-L-50386, (05/01/2015): A divided Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a truck driver was entitled to benefits after his injuries from a crash necessitated the partial amputation of his leg since he was a...Read More | |||
