Partner Kevin Deuschle previously obtained wins at Arbitration and before the Commission, awarding no benefits to the petitioner, in a case involving an allegedly work-related “I&F Upholds Prior Victories in Appeal before Madison County (IL) Circuit Court”
Category: Cases & Legal Developments
WI Supreme Court takes first look at 2013 law that disqualifies claimants from receiving unemployment benefits for “substantial fault.”
The May 4, 2017 Wisconsin Supreme Court decision in Lela Operton v. LIRC, 2017 WI 46, highlights the need going forward for employers denying unemployment “WI Supreme Court takes first look at 2013 law that disqualifies claimants from receiving unemployment benefits for “substantial fault.””
Indiana Court of Appeals Holds Termination of Employment does NOT Bar Entitlement to TTD Benefits in Indiana
The Indiana Court of Appeals recently weighed in on an issue that could prove troublesome for Indiana employers. In March, the Court addressed the issue “Indiana Court of Appeals Holds Termination of Employment does NOT Bar Entitlement to TTD Benefits in Indiana”
IL WC Update: Taking the “Voluntary” out of Voluntary Recreation Programs
Pursuant to Section 11 of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act, accidental injuries incurred while participating in “voluntary recreation programs” do not arise out of and “IL WC Update: Taking the “Voluntary” out of Voluntary Recreation Programs”
Temporary Transitional Employment in Illinois
Transitional Temporary Employment plans or programs (TTE) are a tool used to address return to work issues. In these programs a third party vendor is “Temporary Transitional Employment in Illinois”
I&F Presents 2016 Illinois Workers’ Compensation Case Law Year in Review Webinar
On February 16, 2017, Jynnifer Bates and Mark Carter hosted a webinar entitled “2016 Illinois Workers’ Compensation Case Law Year in Review” through the Illinois “I&F Presents 2016 Illinois Workers’ Compensation Case Law Year in Review Webinar”
A CMS Policy for LMSA Reviews is Imminent
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued documentation signaling that Liability Medicare Set-Asides (LMSAs) and No-Fault Medicare Set-Asides (NFMSAs) will be notated fields “A CMS Policy for LMSA Reviews is Imminent”
Refused Drug Test Results In No Benefits
As we discussed back in October 2016, Section 11 of the Act provides, in part, that there is a “rebuttable presumption that an employee was “Refused Drug Test Results In No Benefits”
Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission Finds Psychologist Qualified under Section 12 of the Act to perform an Independent Medical Examination
Following petitioner’s objection to the scheduling of a comprehensive pain management IME, a hearing was held before the IWCC pursuant to I&F’s Motion to Compel “Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission Finds Psychologist Qualified under Section 12 of the Act to perform an Independent Medical Examination”
I&F Prevails where IWCC Arbitrator Finds Intervening Accident Breaks Chain of Causation
In an Illinois case recently tried by I&F Partner Colin Mills, the claimant was seeking over six months of medical benefits, as well as PPD “I&F Prevails where IWCC Arbitrator Finds Intervening Accident Breaks Chain of Causation”