In a case involving an employee’s claims – of both how her work injury occurred and what the actual nature of her injury was – being subsequently refuted and contradicted by video surveillance footage showing something completely different from what the employee...
In a personal injury lawsuit filed against the corporate owner of smaller business that employed a claimant who was injured while working at a construction site (with the claimant then filing a separate claim for worker’s compensation benefits against the subsidiary...
If you have been in an auto accident, it may take weeks, months or even longer to heal from the physical harm you have experienced. However, if your injury was especially severe, you may find the accident has harmed you and your family in other ways that are harder to...
While an employee-claimant filed a worker’s compensation claim for injuries sustained in a workplace accident, she was awarded both temporary total and permanent partial disability benefits in the process, but her corresponding claim for maintenance benefits was...
In many circumstances, when one sues a company in relation to the actions of its employee the claim can be sustained against both parties. It might be that the company was negligent by own actions, in supervising or hiring the employee. It might be that they have...
An employee filed a worker’s compensation claim and then brought a personal injury suit in civil court against his employer, for the same injuries that the claimant sustained in the workplace accident. See Judicial estoppel can’t block dismissal of negligence action....
In October of this year I wrote a blog post about Armstead v. Nat'l Freight, Inc., a civil dispute before the Illinois Supreme Court that concerned the potential impact of a Worker’s Compensation settlement contract on a civil negligence case. The Supreme Court issued...
When you experience an incident at work that results in an injury, a workers' compensation claim may get you the medical and financial assistance you need. However, does exiting your job result in a loss of those benefits? Wading into a job search while still...
In a case involving two consolidated claims against an employer, a claimant was able to prevail on the issue of whether he adequately notified his employer of concurrent employment. See Claimant successfully proves he notified employer of concurrent employment....
Last month, the Federal Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld a ruling out of the Northern District of Indiana dismissing the Age Discrimination claims stemming from the hiring process for the new head baseball coach for Indiana University South Bend...