WRCI’s January 2023 Study Report Minimizes Confounding Factors in Long COVID cases in Workers’ Compensation.

Come join experienced trial attorneys Lisa Azoory-Keller and Adam Cox, as they help provide some relief to prevent and resolve your ancient “old dog” workers’ compensation claims. As an added bonus, they will also give a smattering of “hacks” that are guaranteed to help minimize your claim exposures.

Amy E. Bilton and William A. Lowry were selected for inclusion in the 2023 Illinois Super Lawyers list for their Workers’ Compensation practices.

Adam Cox will be presenting at ASSP NEIL Chapter Meeting January 20, 2023.

The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission denies benefits where the injury-producing event is not incidental to the employment.

The NBKL Family is so happy to announce that Heather Boyer is being elevated to shareholder and Catie Cavanaugh and Joe Gregorio are being elevated to partner. They are each wonderful lawyers and people. Please join us in extending them our congratulations!

CMS released some data for their WCMSA approvals over the last three years. The data suggests that CMS increased the proposed WCMSA amounts by 14% on average, and shows that the number of WCMSAs submitted to CMS each year are trending down. Despite the limited data provided, there are other potential implications for WCMSA submitters.

Gary’s last day at the office gives us some insight into the practice of law and lessons learned.

In a recent unpublished decision, Hoots v. (Dollar General), IWCC, 2022 IL App (4th) 220441WC-U), the Appellate Court agreed with the Commission that Petitioner failed to show that her accident occurred in the course of her employment. Petitioner was not considered a traveling employee simply because she commuted to work. Further, the employer did not own, maintain, control, or direct Petitioner to traverse in the area in which the injury occurred.

U.S. News & World Report named Nyhan to its 2023 Metropolitan Tier 1 Best Law Firms list for the firm’s practice in Workers’ Compensation in the Chicago area.