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”
Category: Illinois News
Illinois General Assembly Revisiting Illinois Workers’ Compensation Reform . . . or Is It?
An update from Partner G. Steven Murdock and the I&F Legislative Watch Committee: As the battle of Rauner vs. Madigan continues in Springfield over pension “Illinois General Assembly Revisiting Illinois Workers’ Compensation Reform . . . or Is It?”
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”
Appellate Court provides new interpretation of Average Weekly Wage calculation
The Illinois Appellate Court recently held in ABF Freight System v. IWCC, 2015 IL App (1st) 141306WC, that the Commission was required to calculate AWW “Appellate Court provides new interpretation of Average Weekly Wage calculation”
I&F Welcomes New Associates to Chicago and Champaign Offices
Inman & Fitzgibbons is pleased to announce that Allison Mecher and Michelle Bryant have joined the firm and will be based in our Chicago office. Allison graduated “I&F Welcomes New Associates to Chicago and Champaign Offices”
IWCC unanimously affirms I&F win in claim filed by a tire technician
As previously reported, I&F defended a case in which the claimant alleged that removing and installing tires with an air gun, in conjunction with the “IWCC unanimously affirms I&F win in claim filed by a tire technician”
I&F to Present at Illinois Chamber’s HR Training Seminar
As an Illinois workers’ compensation defense attorney for the past 19 years, G. Steven Murdock of Inman & Fitzgibbons has not yet seen it all, but “I&F to Present at Illinois Chamber’s HR Training Seminar”
Who Can Recover PPD after an injured worker Dies?
The Fourth District Appellate Court recently addressed the issue of who can obtain a PPD award when a case is litigated after the petitioner passes “Who Can Recover PPD after an injured worker Dies?”
I&F Establishes Petitioner’s Ongoing Condition of Ill-being Not Related to Accident
Attorney Michael Bantz recently prevailed in a trial over the disputed issue of whether the Petitioner’s ongoing medical conditions was causally related to her accident. The “I&F Establishes Petitioner’s Ongoing Condition of Ill-being Not Related to Accident”