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.

The Appellate Court reversed the Commission’s award of PPD and ordered an award of wage differential benefits.

For years, the exclusive remedy provision insulated employers from civil litigation by employees for industrial accidents and exposures. In 2019, the Illinois legislature passed a law that created an exception, with potentially dire consequences at stake. That change is being challenged now, and the case is headed to the Illinois Supreme Court for some answers.

Federal prohibition of marijuana preempts the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission from ordering employers to reimburse injured workers for medical marijuana.

Illinois Workers’ Compensation and the feeling of “Watered-Down” Treatment of Evidentiary Rules.

The Circuit Court of Cook County addressed an increasingly common – and expensive – dispute between providers and payors concerning surgery facility fees, and found that the payor’s interpretation of the fee schedule was correct.

Nyhan details the petitioner’s burden of proof in occupational disease case studies and outlines key factors an employee needs to establish to be deemed compensable under the Occupational Disease Act.

CMS updates MSA Self-Administration Toolkit for first time since October 2019.