http://www.illinoisworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/ Published by Donald W. Fohrman & Associates, LTD en-us 2010-01-21T12:09:52-05:00 http://www.illinoisworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/2010/01/illinois_court_orders_chidlsup.html The Illinois Appellate Court, 4th District held that the trial court did not err when it ordered the the respondent's child-support arrearage plus interest be paid from his workers' compensation settlement. Although WCA Section 21 bars a lien against worker's... Workers Compensation Donald W. Fohrman 2010-01-21T12:09:52-05:00 http://www.illinoisworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/2010/01/illinois_employers_payment_of.html If an employer issues a check to a claimant pursuant to a medical expense award and includes the medical provider as a payee on such check, the employer may be sugjecto to penalties and attorney's fees. The emploeyr has not... Workers Compensation Donald W. Fohrman 2010-01-19T12:24:39-05:00 http://www.illinoisworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/2010/01/group_health_carriers_payment.html Payments by a group health carrier that qualify under the Illinois Workers' Compensation Act Section 8(j) constitute payments of compensation within the meaning of Section 6(d). Case name: Ruberstell v. US Foodservice, 17ILWCLB 209 (Ill.W.C.Comm.2009) The Illinois Workers' Comensation Commissioin... Workers Compensation Donald W. Fohrman 2010-01-15T12:48:10-05:00 http://www.illinoisworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/2010/01/illinois_nurse_unable_to_secur.html The Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission denied a claimant's request for surgery involving an artificial disk replacment. Case name: Warner v. Kewanee Hospital, 17 ILWCLB 175 (Ill.W.C.Comm.2009). Warner, a nurse at the defendant's hospital injured her back while helping to lift... Workers Compensation Donald W. Fohrman 2010-01-10T13:32:35-05:00 http://www.illinoisworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/2009/10/illinois_deputys_personal_erra.html A majority of the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission held that a law enforcement officer failed to prove that his vehicular accident, which occurred while he was on duty and in a patrol car, arose out of and in the course... Workers Comp News Donald W. Fohrman 2009-10-05T12:52:57-05:00 http://www.illinoisworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/2009/09/element_of_surprise_entitles_i.html Based on the element of surprise due to the defendant's last-minute refusal to tender the Section 12 examination reports to the claimant, the arbitrator erred in denying the claimant's request for a continuance. Also, the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission increased... Workers Compensation Donald W. Fohrman 2009-09-30T12:38:26-05:00 http://www.illinoisworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/2009/09/element_of_surprise_entitles_i_1.html Based on the element of surprise due to the defendant's last-minute refusal to tender the Section 12 examination reports to the claimant, the arbitrator erred in denying the claimant's request for a continuance. Also, the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission increased... Workers Compensation Donald W. Fohrman 2009-09-30T12:38:26-05:00 http://www.illinoisworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/2009/09/7th_circuit_oks_dismissal_of_s_1.html The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Ap-peals held that the dismissal of an employee's suit against this former employer for injuries he sustained to his back was an appropriate sanction for the employee's misconduct throughout the case. Case name: Negrete... Donald W. Fohrman 2009-09-26T12:28:22-05:00 http://www.illinoisworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/2009/09/illinois_workers_compensation_5.html The Illinois Workers' Compensaiton Commission held that the decedent's child was enrolled in an accredited education institution at the time of the decedent's death. Therefore, he was entitled to death benefits until the registration deadline for the first semester in... Donald W. Fohrman 2009-09-22T12:11:33-05:00 http://www.illinoisworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/2009/09/control_over_illinois_catering.html The Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission reversed the arbitrator's decision and found that an employer/employee relationship existed between the claimant and defendant and that the claimant was entitled to temproary total disabillity benefits and reimbursement for medical expenses. Case name: Diaz... Workers Compensation Donald W. Fohrman 2009-09-06T14:11:00-05:00