Cases & Legal Developments

I&F Prevails where Amending Application Backfires on Petitioner

In a recent Illinois case handled by I&F, the arbitrator held that Petitioner lacked credibility and denied all benefits. Petitioner, a maintenance worker, had filed an “I&F Prevails where Amending Application Backfires on Petitioner”

In this case, Petitioner was injured in an accepted, but unfiled, accident in 2016 when he slipped on ice and fell while walking on the “IL WC Update: I&F Prevails by proving Petitioner filed his Claim after statute of limitations expired”

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?”

According to Section 11 of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act, accidental injuries incurred while participating in voluntary recreational programs – including but not limited to athletic events, “Illinois: Injuries Sustained During Voluntary Recreational Programs”

The Iowa Supreme Court has recently rendered an opinion on an issue of first impression – compensability for an idiopathic fall on a hard floor, “Idiopathic Fall onto Level Floor Might Be Compensable in Iowa”