The Commission has announced the appointment by Governor Quinn of a new Chairman, Mitch Weisz. Mr. Weisz is affiliated with the petitioner/plaintiff bar and works “Commission Appoints New Acting Chairman”
Author: Staff
Settlement Reached in Surcharge Litigation
We have some good news to report on the worker’s compensation front. As many of you may recall, with the “changing of the guard” in “Settlement Reached in Surcharge Litigation”
Appellate Court rules teacher’s AWW is calculated from 39-week school year in Washington District 50 Schools v. IWCC
In Washington District 50 Schools v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, (No. 3-08-0923WC Oct. 16, 2009), the Court affirmed a Workers’ Compensation Commission finding that ruled “Appellate Court rules teacher’s AWW is calculated from 39-week school year in Washington District 50 Schools v. IWCC”
Gubernatorial Candidate Bill Brady For Workers’ Compensation Reform?
With the 2010 election year upon us, Inman & Fitzgibbons wants to keep its clients informed of positions taken by the various candidates on workers’ “Gubernatorial Candidate Bill Brady For Workers’ Compensation Reform?”
TTD and Employment Status: One View of the Post- Interstate Scaffolding Landscape
The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission recently affirmed an arbitrator’s denial of TTD benefits to a petitioner who was on light duty work restrictions during an “TTD and Employment Status: One View of the Post- Interstate Scaffolding Landscape”
Circuit Court sets aside Permanent Total award and remands case back to Commission
In remanding the permanent and total disability award rendered by the Arbitrator and affirmed by the Commission the Circuit Court ruled that there was “a “Circuit Court sets aside Permanent Total award and remands case back to Commission”
Supreme Court Orders Employers to Pay TTD to Terminated Employees in Interstate Scaffolding v. IWCC
Illinois employers now have to think twice about terminating an employee for any reason while the employee is working in a light duty fashion, unless “Supreme Court Orders Employers to Pay TTD to Terminated Employees in Interstate Scaffolding v. IWCC”
2010 Illinois WC Medical Fees Down 1.48%
News on 2010 medical rates from the IWCC website: Section 8.2(a) of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act provides that, each year, fee schedule rates shall “2010 Illinois WC Medical Fees Down 1.48%”
Sixth Circuit Considers RICO Liability in WC Claims in Brown v. Cassens Transport Co.
We thought we would start off the New Year with a case that has important implications for those of us involved in worker’s compensation claims “Sixth Circuit Considers RICO Liability in WC Claims in Brown v. Cassens Transport Co.”
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