Landmark Ruling or Business Burden? Read All About the Illinois Supreme Court’s Decision in Martin v. Goodrich
Category: Blog
Once Again, Employers Tasked with Doing More Legwork after Panda Express Decision
The Last Act has a Lasting Effect in Illinois Workers’ Compensation
The 5th District Examines the Breadth of the Personal Comfort Doctrine in City of Mascoutah v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission
Appellate Court Doesn’t Buy Employer’s Argument that Permanent and Total Disability Precludes Compensation for Non-Scheduled Losses under Section 8(d)2.
In a recent decision from the First District Appellate Court of Illinois, the Court unpacks some law from the suitcase of a traveling employee.
Learn How Illinois Courts Handled Various Jurisdiction Scenarios
Circuit Court determines that the Commission decision was against the manifest weight where no medical expert supported petitioner’s overcompensation theory.
What does this mean for workers’ compensation? Medicare isn’t calling all the shots any longer. Unlike in the past, Courts will no longer need to defer to how Medicare interprets ambiguities or silence in applicable statutes.
In a recent decision, the Appellate Court determines that the clear, unambiguous language of Section 8(e)17 calls for using the “percentage” approach over the “weeks” method for application of credits.