The Illinois Supreme Court issued its decision in the case of Munoz v. Bulley & Andrews, LLC, 2022 IL 127067 on January 21, 2022 finding that a parent corporation is not immunized from a civil suit even though the parent corporation paid the workers’ compensation benefits of the employee of Read more…
I. STATUTORY REQUIREMENT A. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) According to the Act, in order for a claimant to be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits, the injury must “arise out of” and occur “in the course of” the claimant’s employment. 820 ILCS 305/1(d). These are separate elements and both must Read more…
ILLINOIS CREATES COVID-19 PROTECTIONS FOR EMPLOYEES NOTE: The presumption framework established by this amendment to the Occupational Diseases Act expired on June 30, 2021. Any claim to an exposure and infection by COVID-19 occurring after June 30, 2021 is not subject to the presumption framework detailed below, and instead would Read more…