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Peter D. Corti Law Group, PC. I've been practicing law for 49 years, focusing on workers’ compensation in the Chicago area and the state of Illinois. If you have questions about workers' comp, the odds are that you will find answers here, in both our Ask an Attorney section and Blog, using the menus on the right. If you want to learn about recent Illinois workers' comp cases, there are many examples we analyze. There are many topics to cover and endless varieties of controversial cases in Illinois workers' compensation law.
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 19, 2015 | Illinois Workers' Comp Info
You can find a lot of information and advice on what TO do. This post will focus on what NOT to do, and some of the reasons why. 1.) DO NOT work through the pain instead of reporting it right away. If you do this, at least a few main problems are created down the... 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... Oct 5, 2015 | Illinois Workers' Comp Info
The Illinois Worker’s Compensation Act provides, under section 1(a)4, that employers may borrow or loan employees. Most of the companies that engage in this practice operate as staffing companies, or temp services. Some are labor companies, where employees are... 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... 
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