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I&F to Host Seminar in IL on Recreational Marijuana’s Impact on the Workplace and Employers

On Tuesday Feb 18, 2020, Partner Colin Mills and attorney Michael Bantz from I&F’s Champaign office will be working with the Champaign County Chamber of Commerce to host a “I&F to Host Seminar in IL on Recreational Marijuana’s Impact on the Workplace and Employers”

In 2019, the Third District Appellate Court issued a Rule 23 Decision in Gaytan v. The Illinois Workers’ Comp. Comm’n, 2019 IL App (3d) 180141WC-U, in “IL WC UPDATE: New Accident While Seeking Treatment from Prior Accident Found Not Compensable”

We are now a year removed from Indiana’s adoption of the (the “Formulary”) and its overall impact on worker’s compensation claims remains somewhat uncertain. This “Indiana WC Update: Impact of the ODG Drug Formulary”

Current law makes it difficult for first responders in Wisconsin to receive workers’ compensation benefits for PTSD because benefits for PTSD are awarded only when “Wisconsin WC Update – First responders will likely soon have an easier road to receiving benefits for PTSD”

I&F’s Allison Mecher brings a timely Winter update with a discussion of parking lot slip and fall accidents.

Calculating the average weekly wage (AWW) to determine wage loss benefits is a routine, but critical part of the worker’s compensation case analysis. While the “Michigan WC Update: Fringe Benefits and Average Weekly Wage – How does it all add up?”

Attorney Allison Mecher prevailed in an appeal to the IWCC in defense of an alleged repetitive trauma claim. The claimant, an Administrative Assistant/Executive Assistant to “I&F Prevails on Appeal to Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission in Carpal Tunnel Case”

Congratulations to Partner Jack Shanahan for an outstanding Illinois WC Arbitration result. In this case, the petitioner was injured in a confirmed accident in 2014 “I&F Prevails in Illinois WC Dispute over Light Duty Job Offer”

On June 28, 2019 the Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC) affirmed a decision of the administrative law judge awarding applicant permanent total disability. In Timothy “Wisconsin WC Update: LIRC Affirms Award of Permanent Total Disability”

I&F is happy to report that Partner Jynnifer Cotharn has been admitted to practice in her home state of Ohio. Jynnifer will represent the firm’s “Partner Jynnifer Cotharn admitted to practice in Ohio”