Mar 1, 2017 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
If you’re injured while doing some type of recreational or voluntary activity at work, depending on the circumstances, you could have a workers’ compensation case! Here’s a look at a recent case involving a “voluntary” game of basketball:... Dec 21, 2016 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
A recent case demonstrates how the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission calculates permanent partial disability. In Mark Schrubbe v. Southern Wine & Spirits, Mr. Schrubbe worked as a driver who delivered wine and spirits. He would remove orders from... Dec 7, 2016 | Illinois Workers' Comp Info
How do you find out your employer’s workers’ compensation insurance company? There are several ways you may find out: Legally, your employer is required to post somewhere in the workplace where employees gather a poster indicating the name, address and... Nov 4, 2016 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
If you have a pre-existing condition, can you get workers’ comp benefits? Yes, you can. In the recent Illinois case of Sandra Johnson-Clemons v. Rush University Medical Center, this issue was raised. As in many cases, the specific evidence offered was key to... Oct 26, 2016 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
Can you get workers’ compensation for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)? Yes, you can. Such cases are known as repetitive trauma work injuries. You can get workers’ comp if you can: Properly document your job duties. Have a qualified doctor provide a... Oct 24, 2016 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
If you slip and fall at work, can you get workers’ comp benefits? The short answer: Yes. The more complete answer: Yes, but it depends on certain key factors. One very important key is the ability to prove the facts that are claimed by the injured worker. The... Oct 14, 2016 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
I was recently talking to a friend of mine who told me that he got into an argument with a landlord about the stairs leading to his porch. They were, in his words, “the most uneven stairs on this green earth.” He was sure someone was going to break their neck. But, he... Oct 13, 2016 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
What happens if you’re attacked on the job? Can you get workers’ compensation benefits? The answer to this question depends on a number of different facts. The aggressor may be someone that the employee is exposed to by reason of the employment: Either... May 17, 2016 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
If your workers’ compensation claim ends, sometimes, it really isn’t over yet. It depends on the exact circumstances of your situation. One way this happens is when a condition at least in part causally related to your work injury ends up causing you serious medical... May 3, 2016 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
In an Illinois work injury case, one of the more complicated things that can happen is for there to be, before a case resolves, a second accident (or intervening accident) that is not work related—such as a car accident completely outside of work—which may or may not... Apr 29, 2016 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
One of the most difficult workers’ comp cases is the “mental-mental” case, in which an injured worker sustains psychological injuries as a result of non-physical work-related factors, as discussed in a prior post (“Mental-Mental Injuries”). A recently... Apr 28, 2016 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
When you have 45 years of experience handling Illinois work injury and personal injury cases, you have heard about every kind of injury and mechanism of injury possible, and yet, there are always new ways I hear of injuries happening every day. A recent Illinois... Apr 4, 2016 | Illinois Workers' Comp Info
In Illinois workers’ compensation, no two cases are exactly the same. However, when two cases have similar elements and different outcomes—one a winner for the injured worker, the other a loser—it is always interesting to study the differences between them. ... Jan 13, 2016 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
An injured worker’s average weekly wage is one of the most important issues in a workers’ compensation claim. It dictates how much the injured worker will receive for temporary total disability payments (TTD), and what the permanent partial disability... Jan 5, 2016 | Illinois Workers' Comp Info
In the case of Tommy Oliver v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, Mr. Oliver was working as a pile driver for Rausch Construction on July 19, 2011 at a work site located at Belmont Harbor, which is on the shore of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois. He stated... Dec 31, 2015 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
The short answer is yes. In the recent decision of the Appellate Court, in the case of The City of Bridgeport v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, it was determined that the surviving spouse of an employee of the City was indeed entitled to... Dec 11, 2015 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
In the case of Bolingbrook Police Department v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, a police officer named Michael Toles injured his back on February 17, 2009, while lifting his duty bag from a location at his personal residence into his personal vehicle, prior... Oct 12, 2015 | Illinois Workers' Comp Info
On July 22, 2014, an arbitration decision on a case was filed with the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission in Chicago, Illinois, in the case of Elizabeth Ray, the employee, v. Apostolic Christian Skylines, the employer. The employer disputed the issue of... Oct 9, 2015 | Illinois Workers' Comp Info
On March 10, 2015, the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission decided the case of Betancourt, Petitioner, v. Oxy Dry Corporation, Respondent. This decision affirmed the decision of the arbitrator, in almost all aspects of the original decision. There was... Sep 21, 2015 | Illinois Workers' Comp Info
On November 19, 2013, an arbitrator filed his decision with the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission in the case of Susan Bidstrup, the injured worker, versus her employer, Northern Illinois University. The arbitrator ruled that on September 4, 2012, the... Aug 17, 2015 | Illinois Workers' Comp Info
In the state of Illinois, normally, an injured worker has three (3) years from the date of injury to file a workers’ compensation claim at the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, or two (2) years from last date of payment of benefits, whichever is later. ... Jul 27, 2015 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
When an injured employee’s work-related accident results in a permanent disability, the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act allows various options in terms of the benefits available. Depending on the severity of the injury and the consequences thereof, both physical... Jul 20, 2015 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act was enacted to provide a flow of benefits to compensate injured workers for lost wages and the loss of earning capacity in exchange for a bar on certain liabilities of employers. Included in this remedial legislation is a... Jul 14, 2015 | Case Law News, Work Comp Info
This interesting question was raised in the recent case of Jerry DiBenedetto v. City of Chicago, decided by the Appellate Court. After a trial before an arbitrator, Mr. DiBenedetto was awarded a wage differential of $982.67. The Illinois Workers’ Compensation... Jul 10, 2015 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
Employers beware. Underreporting the number of workers employed allowed an insurance company for an Illinois employer to rescind the workers’ compensation policy of a construction company. On July 7, 2015, the Illinois Appellate Court Fourth District handed down a... Jun 30, 2015 | Case Law News, Work Comp Info
The protections of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act are not limited to those injured workers who sustain acute traumatic injuries. The Act also provides compensation to employees if the performance of that person’s job over the course of an extended period... Jun 26, 2015 | Case Law News, Work Comp Info
The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act provides some flexibility in terms of the benefits available to compensate an employee for her/his permanent disability. One of these options is referred to as wage differential benefits. An injured worker qualifies for these... Jun 24, 2015 | Case Law News, Work Comp Info
Injured workers can establish entitlement to Permanent Total Disability benefits under the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act in one of three ways: (1) medical evidence showing an inability to work; (2) a diligent but unsuccessful job search; or (3) demonstrating... Jun 15, 2015 | Work Comp Info
When you’re hurt at work, and start your worker’s compensation claim, it’s just the beginning of a long and difficult process. You might think that things are very straightforward: you can’t work, therefore, you shouldn’t. But you might not have taken into account how... Jun 12, 2015 | Case Law News, Work Comp Info
The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act requires the employer to provide vocational rehabilitation services when an injured worker is unable to return to his/her pre-injury employment and s/he meets certain requirements. Vocational rehabilitation services can include... Jun 11, 2015 | Case Law News, Work Comp Info
Under certain circumstances, an injured worker can obtain Illinois workers’ compensation benefits for purely psychological injuries. These “mental-mental” cases occur when an injured worker sustains psychological injuries as a result of non-physical work-related... May 15, 2015 | Work Comp Info
The length of time that it can take for an Illinois workers’ compensation claim to be resolved can vary greatly, and depends on many factors. In many cases, patience and time is required in order for the injured worker to obtain the maximum value for his or her... 
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