Interview With Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission Chair Michael Brennan
Workers’ Compensation Law, April 2022
Settling Workers’ Compensation Cases With Medicare Set-Asides and the Responsibility for Ongoing Reporting
Workers’ Compensation Law, April 2022
Can a General Contractor Defend a Third Party Claim Using the Immunity Afforded an Employer Under Section 5(a) the WCA?
Workers’ Compensation Law, February 2022
Disputed Trip and Fall on Loose Carpet Strip Trips Up Employer Despite Conflicting Evidence on Premises Defect/Arising Out Of, Injurious Practice, and Employability/Odd Lot Theory
Workers’ Compensation Law, February 2022
Employer’s Arguments Regarding Notice, Accident, and Causation Fail in Employee’s Repetitive Trauma Claim: Euclid Beverage Ltd. v. The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Comm’n
Workers’ Compensation Law, February 2022
Procedural Fumble Allows for Punt on Important Issue: Clifton Armstead v. National Freight, Inc.
Workers’ Compensation Law, February 2022
The Respondent Has Paid Only Part of or None of the Award or Settlement Contract. What Are the Petitioner’s Options?
Workers’ Compensation Law, February 2022
The Unwritten Rule of Manifest Weight Cases: Is the Decision Well Supported in Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits of Illinois v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Comm’n
Workers’ Compensation Law, February 2022
Appellate Court Affirms IWCC Permanency Award but Remands for Vocational Rehabilitation Assessment: What Now?
Workers’ Compensation Law, November 2021
Experts Duel Over Annual Tear in Lumbar Spine as Commission’s Reliance on One Expert Passes Manifest Weight Standard
Workers’ Compensation Law, November 2021
International Shoe and Retaliatory Discharge Actions in Illinois: Lusk v. Unckrich Corp., 2021 IL App (5th) 200368
Workers’ Compensation Law, November 2021
Arising Out of ‘Walk This Way’: Purdy Brothers Trucking, LLC v. IWCC
Workers’ Compensation Law, September 2021
Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund—Who, What, When, Why, and How?
Workers’ Compensation Law, September 2021
Bowen v. IWCC: On the Importance of Language Setting Aside or Confirming a Commission Decision to Avoid Jurisdiction Dismissal
Workers’ Compensation Law, July 2021
PPD v. Wage Differential: When Is an Award Under §8(d)(2) Instead of §8(d)(1) Against the Manifest Weight of the Evidence
Workers’ Compensation Law, July 2021
Does Section 21 of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act Exempt the Proceeds of a Workers’ Compensation Settlement?
Workers’ Compensation Law, May 2021
‘Last Act Necessary’ to Make a Contract of Employment: Timeline of Random Events or Something More?
Workers’ Compensation Law, May 2021
The Manifest Weight Standard on Review: PSSI, Inc. v. IWCC, et al., 2021 IL App (2d) 200463WC-U
Workers’ Compensation Law, May 2021
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
Workers’ Compensation Law, March 2021
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Workers’ Compensation Law, March 2021
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Workers’ Compensation Law, March 2021