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Greater Peoria Mass Transit District d/b/a Citylink v. The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Comm’n: An Analysis By Deborah Benzing Workers’ Compensation Law, April 2022 In Greater Peoria Mass Transit District d/b/a Citylink v. The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Comm’n, the sole issue presented in the appellate court appeal was whether the Commission properly determined that claimant’s condition of ill-being was causally related to a 2019 work accident.
Does Section 21 of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act Exempt the Proceeds of a Workers’ Compensation Settlement? By Deborah Benzing Workers’ Compensation Law, May 2021 The Illinois Supreme Court recently held that under section 21 of the Illinois Workers' Compensation Act, the proceeds of a workers’ compensation settlement are still exempt from the claims of medical-care providers who treated the illness or injury associated with that settlement.
Appellate court lacks jurisdiction to review a workers’ compensation case where the circuit court’s decision is not final By Deborah Benzing Workers’ Compensation Law, December 2018 A summary of Cerro Copper v. Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission.
Anthony R. Holstine v. The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission et al.; NO. 2-16-0339WC (Rule 23 decision) When is an 8(d)1 award mandatory? By Deborah Benzing Workers’ Compensation Law, June 2017 Given the Court’s expression of preference of 8(d)(1) awards, respondents should be careful to always consider the use of vocational experts to address whether the injury resulted in an impairment of the capacity to earn or, although unlikely, establish a waiver of 8(d)(1) benefits by claimant on the record when asserting that permanency should be based on 8(d)(2) as opposed to 8(d)(1).
A quick snapshot of the 2014 appellate court decisions By Deborah Benzing Workers’ Compensation Law, April 2015 Summaries of cases decided last year.

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