Recent Significant Workers’ Compensation Decisions

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

$665,000 Settlement By 11 Chinese Eateries

 
 
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