The Appellate Court’s decision in Card Dynamix, LLC v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, 2024 IL App (3d) 240319WC-U dissects the criteria for conducting Section 12 Independent Medical Examinations (IMEs), ultimately interpreting its scope of applicability as broader than just a determination of nature, extent, and degree of disability. Background: The […]

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