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Articles From Jack Linn

The Court May Affirm Commission Decision if There Is Any Legal Basis in the Record to Sustain It By Jack Linn Workers’ Compensation Law, July 2023 In Chicago Board of Education v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Comm’n, a teacher in Chicago sustained injury when she fell down a flight of stairs after clocking out of work.
The Manifest Weight Standard on Review: PSSI, Inc. v. IWCC, et al., 2021 IL App (2d) 200463WC-U By Jack Linn Workers’ Compensation Law, May 2021 A summary and analysis of PSSI, Inc. v. IWCC, et al.
The Manifest Weight Standard on Review: American Coal v. IWCC By Jack Linn Workers’ Compensation Law, March 2021 A summary of American Coal v. IWCC, wherein the arbitrator denied benefits because the petitioner could not prove that he suffered from coal workers’ pneumoconiosis.
Examining the Manifest Weight Standard on Appeal: Air Wisconsin v. IWCC – 2018 L 50342 By Jack Linn Workers’ Compensation Law, May 2020  A look at a case involving six separate injuries from September 15, 2006, through February 11, 2010, and manifest weight of the evidence.
Appellate court lacks jurisdiction to enforce workers’ compensation subpoena when enforcement has not been attempted via the IWCC By Jack Linn Workers’ Compensation Law, April 2019 A summary of Diahann Grasty v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Comm’n.

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