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Appellate Court Affirms Reasoning by Commission That Numerous Doctors With Multiple Medical Opinions Does Not Meet Burden of Proof Required to Compel Payment of Benefits By Timothy O’Gorman Workers’ Compensation Law, March 2021 The appellate court in Agbezouhlon v. IWCC modified in part and affirmed in part a decision of the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission, which found that claimant was injured on January 29, 2008, and reached maximum medical improvement on June 19, 2008.
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A Contractual Obligation to Pay Workers’ Compensation Benefits Allows a General Contractor to Exercise the Exclusive Remedy Provision By Timothy O’Gorman Workers’ Compensation Law, March 2021 In Munoz v. Bulley & Andrews, the appellate court clarified when a general contractor may exercise the exclusive remedy provision even when the employee of a subcontractor is injured.
Mergers & applications—Does the nature and extent of successive injuries merge? By Timothy O’Gorman Workers’ Compensation Law, April 2019 The appellate court has recently settled the question of whether benefits can be awarded concurrently under sections 8(e) and 8(d)1 of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act.
Kathleen A. Hagan v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission By Timothy O’Gorman Workers’ Compensation Law, September 2016 In Kathleen A. Hagan v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, the Appellate Court examined what is considered a “neutral risk” compared to an “employment risk” and overturned the findings of a Special Arbitrator in favor of a Commission employee.

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