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Trial lawyers: EPA admission of fault in Sterigenics emissions measuring won’t matter to lawsuits vs company

As federal environmental regulators reassess their controversial measurements of emissions from the Sterigenics plant in Willowbrook, a group of lawyers representing Willowbrook residents are continuing unfazed in their lawsuits against the company, based largely on findings in a federal report that relied heavily on the allegedly faulty data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Since September, lawsuits against Sterigenics have…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
December 12, 2018
Workers' Compensation

COA: Lake County court overstepped in awarding fees in Illinois case

A Lake County court lacked jurisdiction to award nearly $2 million in attorney fees arising from a permanently injured man’s Illinois worker’s compensation case. The Indiana Court of Appeals on Wednesday vacated the judge’s order on fees entered in the man’s guardianship case. An appellate panel vacated Lake Superior Judge Marissa McDermott’s order for Hartford Insurance Co. to pay $1.9…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
December 11, 2018
Workers' Compensation

Out-of-pocket health costs jump in Indiana

Growth in employee portion of coverage bill outpaces nation Workers' out-of-pocket costs for employer-provided health insurance jumped 13.5 percent in Indiana last year, twice the nationwide increase, The Commonwealth Fund reported Thursday. Hoosier workers on average faced paying $7,462 in premiums and potential deductibles last year, an increase of $888 from the previous year. Nationally, out-of-pocket expenses averaged a potential…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
December 10, 2018
Workers' Compensation

WC Board Posts Formulary Rules Notice

The Indiana Workers’ Compensation Board has posted online the Official Disability Guidelines formulary, which will become effective on Jan. 1. The state legislature mandated adoption of the ODG formulary, published by MCG Health, with passage of Senate Bill 369, signed into law by Gov. Eric Holcomb in March. Indiana is the 15th state to adopt a drug formulary for workers’…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
December 10, 2018
Workers' Compensation

Class action misclassification lawsuit thrown out for lack of class members

While truckers are winning misclassification suits on the West Coast, the fate of similar lawsuits elsewhere in the country is less predictable. The Seventh Circuit court of appeals in Chicago recently dismissed a class action lawsuit that claimed a trucking company misclassified drivers as independent contractors. On Nov. 20, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
December 4, 2018
Workers' Compensation

Illinois lawmakers adopt compromise comp reform bill over governor’s veto

The Illinois Legislature has overturned the veto of a bill by Gov. Bruce Rauner that amends the state’s workers compensation law to allow medical providers to sue insurers over interest stemming from unpaid bills, among other changes hammered out in last-minute compromises. Gov. Rauner vetoed S.B. 904 in August, but the Senate on Nov. 14 voted 55-1 to overturn his…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
December 4, 2018
Workers' Compensation

Study: Illinois workers’ comp premiums drop from 8th highest in nation to 22nd

The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services has released its bi-annual analysis of workers’ compensation premiums across the country and it is good news for Illinois. For several years our high ranking in the Oregon Premium Rate Survey - which ranks states based on how much employers pay for workers’ comp insurance -has been used by the business community…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
December 3, 2018
Workers' Compensation

Business group says employers still waiting for relief on workers’ compensation costs

A report from Oregon shows that workers’ compensation costs are falling in Illinois, but a manufacturing group said employers here have yet to see any savings. The Illinois Trial Lawyers Association heralded a report this week from the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services that ranked Illinois workers’ compensation costs at the 22nd highest in the nation, down from…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
December 3, 2018

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