Medical community remains skeptical of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS)
By Edyta Salata
Workers’ Compensation Law,
March 2006
In Bernardoni v. Indus. Comm’n., 298 Ill. Dec. 530, 840 N.E. 2d 300 (2005), the appellate court held that petitioner failed to show that multiple chemical sensitivity (hereinafter “MCS”) was a generally accepted syndrome in the medical community.
Section 5(b) Lien Rights
By Edyta Salata
Workers’ Compensation Law,
August 2005
In Borrowman v. Prastein, 356 Ill.App.3d 546, 826 N.E.2d 600 (4th Dist. 2005), the Appellate Court reversed a circuit court decision awarding an employer a lien against a petitioner's medical malpractice settlement.
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