In another decision with an unusual fact pattern, a company got into serious trouble for not obtaining worker’s compensation insurance for its employees. See Tow truck company’s failure to insure employees merits maximum penalty. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Law...
I don’t generally write about cases from jurisdictions outside Illinois or the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, partly out of lack of relevance to my practice and partly out of a lack of familiarity with the caselaw of other states. I’ll make an...
In yet another decision involving an interesting and unusual set of facts, a claimant was found to be ineligible to receive benefits under the Worker’s Compensation Act, because she only worked as a volunteer for a business and was not a wage-earning employee. See...
By: Attorney Travis Dunn One potentially interesting avenue of litigation concerning the COVID-19 pandemic are rulings concerning requests for injunctive relief, rather than damages. These are requests for the court to order a party to take a specific action, or...
In a rather instructive decision, a claimant was unable to prove that he was entitled to the receipt of benefits under the Worker’s Compensation Act, because the claimant could not establish that he fit within the Act’s definition of an employee. See Evidence doesn’t...
When I write a blog about a particular case, I generally keep an eye out for updates and developments in the litigation, just to see if something substantive changes in the law or even if the general direction of decisions has shifted on appeal. I initially thought...
In yet another decision that was possibly very frustrating for the injured party involved, the claimant was denied worker’s compensation benefits after suffering a fall in the doorway of the classroom at the school where she worked. See Teacher fails to score benefits...
It is truism that when you are injured at work, the remedy is to go through the Worker’s Compensation system to hold your employer accountable and to receive reparations for your injury. Like many truisms, however, this idea does not tell the whole story. While there...
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