Illinois Workers Compensation Lawyers - Case Law
Illinois Workers Compensation Commission Division
Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth Judicial District
Filed April 28, 2011
Cathy Baldwin v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission
LEG AND ANKLE INJURIES FROM FALL AT WORK—claimant, a security guard, failed to establish that two separate falls on a stairwell resulted in compensable injuries.
Illinois Workers Compensation Commission Division
Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth Judicial District
Filed April 28, 2011
Absolute Cleaning SVMBL v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission
AWARD FOR NECK AND BACK INJURIES UPHELD—claimant did not exceed her permitted choice of physicians under section 8 of the Comp. Act, by being treated by two physicians after exhausting the two-physician limitation.
Workers Compensation Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District
Filed April 27, 2011
Gunther Gassner v. Raynor Manufacturing Company
SETTLEMENT CONTRACT CONTAINING OPEN MEDICAL PROVISION FOLLOWING STAPH INFECTION RESULTING FROM SURGERIES TO REPAIR WORK RELATED BACK INJURY RESULTING FROM A FALL—Appellate Court found settlement contract to be ambiguous and remanded cause to determined if staph infection that damaged claimant’s heart is the same infection that originated in his low back following back surgery.
Illinois Workers Compensation Commission Division
Appellate Court of Illinois, First District
Filed April 25, 2011
Elgin Board of Education School District U-46 v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission
SCHOOL TEACHER—TRAUMA INDUCED HEMARTHROSIS OF KNEE—finding of causal relationship upheld—employer was entitled to credit under section 8 (j) of Compensation Act for wages paid claimant in lieu of TTD.
Workers Compensation Appellate Court of Illinois, First Judicial District
Filed April 18, 2011
Loryann Johnson v. Ayalnesh A. Tikuye and Amigo Driving School
EMPLOYER’S WORKERS COMPENSATION LIEN—where State employee received compensation benefits as result of injuries in auto accident determined to be work related and later received less that amount of compensation award in settlement of negligence action against third party tort feasors, the State, as the employer, was entitled to the full amount of the recovery, less attorney fees.
