Nyhan, Bambrick, Kinzie, & Lowry is honored to be ranked in Tier 1 of U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Law Firms.

The moment Illinois workers’ compensation professionals have been waiting for has finally arrived!  On October 21, 2021, Arbitrator Amarilio issued the first decision addressing Illinois’ COVID-19 presumption in the case of Edgar Lucero v.  Focal Point, LLC (20 WC 18985).

Two state insurance guarantee funds challenged CMS’ definition of a “primary plan” in order to exclude themselves from conditional payments and Section 111 reporting requirements.

Nyhan, Bambrick, Kinzie, & Lowry President and Co-Managing Shareholder William A. Lowry was recently honored by CARPLS with the 2021 Golden Gavel Award for his dedication to ensuring access to justice for all.

Partners Lisa Azoory-Keller and Adam Cox will be presenting at the Illinois Chamber Workers’ Compensation & Safety Conference October 19th. 

Shareholder Amy Bilton will present at the Wisconsin Worker’s Compensation Forum, Inc. on October 7th. 

Shareholder Amy Bilton will be a panelist at a session at The National Medicare Secondary Payer Network’s (MSP) Annual Educational Conference on September 30th.

On August 31, 2021, Governor Pritzker reappointed the following Arbitrators to the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission: Joseph Amarilio, Paul Cellini, Stephen Friedman, Gerald Granada, Jessica Hegarty, Adam Hinrichs, Jeffrey Huebsch and Maureen Pulia.

In the show Supermarket Sweep, contestants raced through the aisles of a supermarket in a short amount of allotted time, competing for the highest dollar value of items in their cart by the end of the spree.

On May 21, 2020, amendments to the Illinois Occupational Diseases Act created a rebuttable presumption in favor of compensability for COVID-19 first responders and front-line workers  who contract COVID-19; the expansive definition of “front-line workers” is based on occupations identified in the Governor’s Executive Order 2020-10 and includes employees of grocery stores, banks, postal workers, public transportation, hardware stores, etc. provided that their occupation required them to encounter members of the general public or to work in locations of more than 15 employees.