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Glossary Check: Ill. ‘Private Self Insurer,’ ‘Insolvent Self Insurer’
Glossary Check: Ill. ‘Private Self Insurer,’ ‘Insolvent Self Insurer’

Springfield, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- What do "private self insurer" and "insolvent self insurer" mean in Illinois? Here's how the Land of Lincoln defines those terms: Private self-insurer. A private employer that has been authorized to […]
Benefits for Loss of Vision, Other Injuries don’t Equal Double Recovery for Ill. Miner
Benefits for Loss of Vision, Other Injuries don’t Equal Double Recovery for Ill. Miner

Mokena, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When a worker is awarded permanent benefits for a scheduled loss, would an award for unscheduled losses result in double recovery of workers' compensation? Not according to the court in American […]
What Do You Think: Did Blight Inspector’s Fall on Way to Car Arise out of His Employment?
What Do You Think: Did Blight Inspector’s Fall on Way to Car Arise out of His Employment?

Cicero, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) – An injury is compensable if it arises out of and in the course of employment. To “arise out of” employment, an activity which causes an injury must be connected with or […]
Ill. Worker’s Procedural Missteps Bring Appeal to a Halt
Ill. Worker’s Procedural Missteps Bring Appeal to a Halt

Springfield, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- While courts often are forgiving of minor mistakes that parties without legal representation make, just because a claimant doesn't have an attorney doesn't mean he can circumvent the rules. As a […]
Medical Evidence of Chest Pain, Shortness of Breath Defeats Reports of Back Injury at Work
Medical Evidence of Chest Pain, Shortness of Breath Defeats Reports of Back Injury at Work

Springfield, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- It's not uncommon for workers' compensation cases to involve multiple sources of medical evidence that span a period of months or years. But as Harrah's Illinois Corporation v. Illinois Workers' Compensation […]
Do You Know the Rule? Ill. Workers’ Right to PTSD Benefits
Do You Know the Rule? Ill. Workers’ Right to PTSD Benefits

Springfield, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Employers in Illinois may be responsible for paying workers’ compensation benefits for an employee with PTSD, but only under certain conditions. First, as with all injuries eligible for workers’ compensation benefits, […]
What Do You Think: Was Pilot who Racked up Flying time at Ill. Sky-diving Company ‘Employee?’
What Do You Think: Was Pilot who Racked up Flying time at Ill. Sky-diving Company ‘Employee?’

Geneseo, IL (WorkersCompensation.com)–Whether someone who volunteers for a company is an employee for purposes of workers’ compensation depends on whether there was an employment contract—even an unspoken one. A case involving a pilot who volunteered […]