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- Claimant Wins Vocational Rehabilitation Despite Employer’s Claim Of Noncompliance
- Coal Miner’s Smoking Habit Doesn’t Bar Benefit Claim
- Unrelated Accident Doesn’t Break Causal Connection Chain
- Years Of Repetitive Work Lead To Compensable Cts Aggravation Of Degenerative Arthritis
- Sales Manager Wins Benefits For Wipeout On Public Sidewalk
- Employer's Acquiescence Helps Claimant Secure Benefits For Parking Lot Injury
- 23 Weeks Of Overtime Is Sufficient To Be Included In The Average Weekly Wage Calculation
- Claimant Entitled To Benefits Despite Rule Violations
- Evidence Of Degenerative Condition Fails To Block City Employee’s Disability Claim
- Claimant Proves Management Had Notice Of Concurrent Job At Local Bar
- Penalties Awarded Against Employer Who Relied On Physician’s Opinion
- Maintenance Worker’s Bilateral Wrist Injuries Render Him PTD
- Employee’s Preexisting Arthritis Doesn’t Cramp Benefits
- Employer Must Pay Penalties For Delay In Paying Settlement
- Janitor Sweeps Up Concurrent Employment Wages In AWW Calculation
- Highway Maintenance Employee Wins Bid To Include Overtime In AWW
- Refusal To Pay Benefits Based On Dispute Between Carriers Warrants Penalties
- Maintenance Worker's Out-Of-State Employment, Injury Does Not Bar Illinois Jurisdiction
- Meat Packer's Knee Injury While Squatting Merits Award
- Maintenance Worker's Shoulder Disability, Post-Injury Part-Time Employment Warrant Wage Loss Benefits
- Slaughterhouse Worker Suffers Repetitive Trauma Shoulder Injury
- CNA's Injury While Bending Over Merits Award
- Ameritech Employee Collects Benefits For Slip-And-Fall Injury
- Inadvertent Mistake Does Not Excuse Employer's Delay In Paying Benefits
- Administrative Assistant Recovers For Injury Sustained On Sidewalk While Making Delivery For Employer
- Customer Service Worker's Foot Injury Leads To Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
- Employer Penalized For Failing To Provide Claimant Handicap-Accessible Van
- Motel Worker's Injuries On Icy Parking Lot Before Her Shift Warrant Benefits
- Inspector's Work Stress Passes Test For Compensability
- Farm Laborer Wins Benefits For Injuries Sustained By Lightning Strike
- Bus Driver's Vehicle Configuration Results In Benefit Award
- Lieutenant's Slip-And-Fall Injury In Parking Lot Merits Award
- CNA's Fall On Uneven Pavement Merits Award
- Illinois Lawmakers Propose Changes To Workers' Compensation Law
- Truck Driver Seeking Lost Cell Phone On Christmas Eve Entitled To Benefits For Injury Sustained In Fall On Ice
- Retail Worker Who Suffered Heart Attack After Attempting To Break Up Fight Between Two Customers Was Entitled To Benefits For Subsequent Bypass Surgery, Despite Her Preexisting Coronary Artery Disease
- The Illinois Industrial Commission Awarded Benefits To Claimant For Back Injuries And Resulting Depression, Finding Her Combined Injuries And Limited Education Rendered Her Unable To Return To Regular
- The Illinois Industrial Commission Awarded Claimant An Additional 14 Weeks Of Disability Benefits, Relying On Second Physician's Opinion Of When Claimant Reached Maximum Medical Improvement
- Maintenance Worker Entitled To Receive Illinois Workers' Comp Benefits
- The Circuit Court Set Aside The Illinois Industrial Commission's Decision Denying Benefits To Office Assistant Who Fell When Her Foot Got Caught In Carpeting At Office
- The Illinois Industrial Commission Ordered Payment Of Death Benefits To Minor After Child's Mother Established Through Paternity Test The Deceased Worker Was Child's Father
- Illinois Industrial Commission Awarded Additional Temporary Total Disability Benefits To Cheese Production Line Worker For Continuing Symptoms Following Carpal Tunnel Surgeries
- Defendant’s Reliance On Opinion Of Its Examining Doctor Was Not Objectively Reasonable
- Worker’s Job Requirements Of Standing, Walking And Climbing Ladders Constituted An Increased Risk Of Sustaining A Disabling Foot Condition
- The Illinois Industrial Commission Awarded Benefits To School Teacher Who Dislocated Shoulder While Swatting Insect In Her Classroom
- The Illinois Industrial Commission Awarded Benefits For Loss Of Earnings, Even Though Claimant Had Union Grievance Pending Asserting He Wanted And Could Perform His Former Job
- The Illinois Appellate Court Fuled Ex Parte Communications Between Injured Worker’s Health Care Provider And Employer Or Its Legal Representative Were Prohibited By Public Policy And Existing Case Law
- The Illinois Supreme Court Majority Held That Two Of Three Commissioners Who Sat On Panel Reviewing Claimant’s Case Were Not Appointed In Conformity With Statutory Requirements
- Illinois Industrial Commission Found Most Equitable Method Of Calculating Section 8(D)1 Award For Salesperson, Who Was Injured After Only 11 Days Of Work, Was To Base Wage Differential On Her Actual E
- Workers Sustained Compensable Knee Injury While Quickly Getting Out Of Chair In Attempt To Reach Resident At Health Care Facility
- The Illinois Industrial Commission Majority Awarded Permanent Partial Disability Benefits For 40% Loss Of Use Of Right Foot Following Ankle Sprain That Subsequently Became Infected
- Worker Was Entitled To Wage-Differential Award Based On Post-Injury Light-Duty Work Performed For Defendant
- Truck Driver Was Entitled To Benefits For Injuries Sustained After His Truck Was Struck By A Train, Even Though Gates Were Either Coming Down Or Were Already Down When He Proceeded Across Tracks
- The Commission Held That Claimant Who Fractured His Tooth Was Entitled To Benefits, Despite Violation Of Safety Rules
- The Commission Held That Claimant's Injuries Sustained In Altercation With Coworker Were Compensable
- The Commission Found Causal Relationship Between Plant Worker's Exposure To Smoke While Extinguishing Fire And His Death
- Commission Awarded Benefits For Claimant's Back Injury Sustained While Shutting Truck Door
- Commission Ruled Teacher's Injuries Sustained While Skating With Students Were Compensable
- The Illinois Appellate Court Ruled That An Employment Relationship Existed Between Trucker Driver And The Leasing Company Despite The Independent Contractor Status Given To The Driver In A Leasing Agr
- Claimant Who Fractured Her Right Foot In A Work Accident And Subsequently Developed Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Was Entitled To Benefits Under The Illinois Workers' Compensation Act
- Claimant's Work As Casings Puller Resulted In Compensable Repetitive Stress Injuries, Including Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Rotator Cuff Tendonitis And Myofascitis Of The Left Upper Extremity
- The Appellate Court Held That The Illinois Industrial Commission Erred In Failing To Award Wage Differential Benefits, Where Claimant Was Unable To Return To His Usual Line Of Employment An
- The Illinois Industrial Commission Awarded $18,949 In Section 19(K) Penalties And $7,579 In Section 16 Attorneys Fees For Defendant's Unilateral Termination Of Ptd Benefits
- The Illinois Industrial Commission Held That Carpenter Was Entitled To Benefits For Injuries Sustained While Driving To Central Facility
- The Illinois Industrial Commission Properly Held That Claimant's Ten Days Of Employment As Carpenter For Defendant Aggravated Her Pre-Existing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Appellate Court Ruled
- The Illinois Industrial Commission Majority Awarded Permanent Total Disability Benefits To Claimant For Arachnoiditis And Pain-Induced Depression
- The Illinois Industrial Commission Held That Claimant Sustained Compensable Aggravation Of Pre-Existing Spinal Tumor Due To Work Related Trauma While Operating Construction Vehicle
- Overpayment Of Social Security Benefits
- The Illinois Industrial Commission Held That Construction Worker Was Entitled To Benefits For Injuries Resulting From His Use Of Circular Saw, Despite Evidence That He Was Using Saw In Improper And Un
- Illinois Industrial Commission Utilized Last Day Of Work As Accident Date In Repetitive Trauma Claim Even Though Condition Manifested Itself At An Earlier Date Where Claimant Continued To Work Faithf
- The Appellate Court Held That Security Guard, Who Was Killed By Stray Bullet Fired At Stranger Running Past Defendant's Building, Was Entitled To Benefits
- The Circuit Court Ruled That A Flight Officer's Shoulder Injury Caused By Massage At Hotel While On Layover Arose Out Of And In The Course Of Employment
- The Illinois Industrial Commission Awarded Benefits To Teacher Who Was Injured In The Student/Faculty Basketball Game
- The Illinois Industrial Commission Included Shift Premium And Vacation/Holiday Pay But Excluded Legal Benefits In Calculating Claimant's Average Weekly Wage
- Employee Traveling To Work Awarded Worker's Compensation Benefits
- Commission Awarded Benefits To Claimant For Back Disability Resulting From Repetitive Bending And Sorting Printouts
- Commission Awarded Benefits For Injuries Sustained By Claimant In Fall While Climbing Stairs, Where Evidence Indicated That Claimant Was Traveling Employee
- New SectionCommission Held That Claimant’s Epicondylitis Condition Was Caused By Repetitive Work Activities
- Commission Held That Claimant-Flight Attendant, Who Found Post-Injury Work As Receptionist, Was Entitled To Wage Differential Award
- Commission Held That Claimant, Who Suffered Heart Attack While Hanging Drywall, Sustained Compensable Accident
- Landmark Illinois Workers’ Compensation Ruling: Benefits Awarded For Mental Disability Due To Sexual Harassment
- Workers’ Compensation: Traveling Employee’s Death Is Compensable
- The Commission Awarded Benefits To Claimant Who Was Attacked While Walking Down Corridor On Her Way To Work
- The Commission Held That Truck Driver’s Injuries Sustained After Performing Repairs On His Truck Were Compensable Where Defendant Had Statutory Obligation To Ensure That Vehicles Bearing Its Icc Numbe
- Appellate Court Held That Commission’s Decision Denying Benefits To Truck Driver For Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Was Against The Manifest Weight Of The Evidence
- Illinois Industrial Commission Majority Awarded Wage Differential To Flight Attendant, Even Though Claimant Refused Job Offer That Paid More Than Her Pre-Injury Job
- Illinois Industrial Commission Majority Awarded Benefits To Claimant For Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome Allegedly Caused By Walking And Pivoting While Carrying Out Her Duties
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