A woman is suing Club Fitness and one of its trainers after she was allegedly hospitalized for a week due to overexertion. Nhydia Walker filed the complaint Jan. 24 in St. Clair County Circuit Court against Club Fitness Inc., CF of Fairview Heights LLC, Dynamic Fitness Management, and Dominick Young, alleging negligence. According to the complaint, Walker claims she went…
The mother of a four-year-old is suing a city over alleged injuries caused at a park and splash pad. Audrey Keller filed suit Feb. 7 in Madison County Circuit Court on behalf of her son, Nathan, and herself as she was left with medical costs following the incident at The Leon Corlew Park and Splash Pad in Edwardsville. She is…
The Indiana House of Representatives unanimously passed legislation Tuesday to modify several workers compensation timelines. S.B. 269, which also unanimously passed the Senate in late January, would require workers compensation insurer or the employer of the injured worker to file report of payment of compensation for claims with the state’s workers compensation board within 14 days. Current law allows for…
Workers compensation pays more than group health to treat comparable injuries, according to a new study comparing costs for treating various injuries in 27 states. The Boca Raton, Florida-based National Council on Workers Compensation analyzed data on 12 different common workers compensation medical conditions going back 10 years and compared the prices and quantity of care with the same injuries…
As a growing number of plaintiffs’ lawyers use an Illinois biometrics privacy law to target Illinois employers with potentially crippling class actions, a state appellate court will soon weigh in on whether the state’s workers’ compensation law can be used to punch out the widening field of lawsuits. A decision on the question could have potentially huge ramifications for the…
A contractor who slipped and fell while working at a Walmart store has filed suit against the retail company. Russell Korgis filed suit Feb. 12 in Madison County Circuit Court against the company over the alleged fall on Feb. 14, 2018, at a store on N. Allen Road in Peoria. The suit states that the defendant is doing business in…
The collapse of a wooden deck has prompted a lawsuit against the owners of the rental property. Christopher A. Jones, who rented the property on Miller Street in Alton, filed suit against the Dustin Snyders Trust, the trustees and the manager of the house as well as a family member. Jones accuses the defendants of negligence and breach of contract…
Lawmakers in Illinois are considering workers compensation legislation that would provide workers compensation to first responders suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. H.B. 5569 was sent to the rules committee on Tuesday and would amend the state’s Workers’ Compensation Act and the Workers’ Occupational Diseases Act and apply to firefighters, emergency medical technicians and paramedics. Lawmakers on Tuesday also introduced H.B….
Here’s an Illinois work comp question we get a lot. “How do I know if my injury is work related?” Sometimes the answer is simple and obvious. If you have never had back trouble and pick up a box and feel a pop in your back, if that happened at work it’s work related. If you are walking down the…
Tracking more than 500 pieces of comp-related legislation so far in 2020, the National Council for Compensation Insurance on Wednesday reported that this year’s “legislative trends and hot topics look very similar to 2019,” with workers compensation for first responders, medical marijuana and independent contractors remaining key issues. Bills affecting workers compensation for first responders are making headway among lawmakers,…
