Articles From Brittany N. Meeker | Illinois State Bar Association

Procedural Fumble Allows for Punt on Important Issue: Clifton Armstead v. National Freight, Inc. By Brittany N. Meeker Workers’ Compensation Law, February 2022 The recent Illinois Supreme Court opinion of Clifton Armstead v. National Freight, Inc. further muddies the waters on whether an employee who enters a settlement agreement under a workers’ compensation claim claiming only one type of injury can later come back and assert a third-party claim for a separate injury from the same occurrence.

Employers maintain their right to waive lien subsequent to adverse judgment By Brittany N. Meeker Workers’ Compensation Law, April 2016 The case of Cozzone v. Garda GL Great Lakes, et. al, presented the issue of whether an employer could waive its Section 5(b) rights under the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act after an adverse circuit court judgment was rendered.

Constructive selection doctrine used to overcome two physician rule By Brittany N. Meeker Workers’ Compensation Law, February 2015 A summary of Bob Red Remodeling, Inc. v. Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission and Zenon Lemanski.

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