In our last couple posts, we’ve been looking at the exclusive remedy doctrine as it applies to workers’ compensation benefits here in Illinois. We’ve looked at several recognized exceptions to the rule, including intentional conduct; dual capacity;...
Previously, we began exploring the issue of whether an injured employee has the ability to sue their employer for damages. As we pointed out last time, there are several exceptions to the “exclusive remedy” rule here in Illinois. We’ve already looked...
Most people don't think about the workers' compensation process until they get injured on the job. Then they find the process to be complicated and frustrating. Here are the four main steps in the workers' comp process in Illinois. 1. Report your injury. While the law...
Workers’ compensation benefits are a critical resource for those who are injured on the job. This is especially so because, in most cases, workers’ compensation benefits are the exclusive remedy available to workers who becomes injured on the job. The...
That is probably the most frequently asked question we hear from new Workers' Compensation clients when we first meet with them in our office. It is a fair and reasonable inquiry. Probably, 95 times out of 100, the most honest and intelligent answer we can...
A very interesting workers' compensation case recently came to a close in the state of Nebraska concerning whether a clothing company and its work comp insurer were obligated to cover the costs of post-traumatic stress disorder and drug treatment for an employee shot...
In our previous post, we discussed how California's favorable workers' compensation laws caused many professional athletes to file work comp claims there and how this state of affairs prompted the professional sports leagues to start pressing state lawmakers to take...
California has made headlines in the area of both workers' compensation law and professional sports over the last year thanks to its passage of Assembly Bill 1309, a measure designed to prohibit the majority of athletes from filing work comp claims in that state....
It is not often that a case involving a dispute over workers' compensation benefits makes national headlines, but a recent case out of New Jersey in which an injured worker literally prevailed by a matter of inches has people all over the country talking. Back in...
Over the next few months, the legislative agenda here in the state of Illinois will slowly begin to take shape and lawmakers will once gear again up for multiple rounds of spirited debate. In fact, one of the issues that lawmakers might end up debating is the...