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A new report from the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) expresses concern that the current condition of state-based workers’ compensation programs is insufficient and may even be contributing to the income disparity in the United States, according to the Chicago Tribune. OSHA’s report identifies several contributing factors to this escalating problem. Businesses are… Read More

Illinois state senator Dale Righter (Republican of Mattoon) filed a bill that seeks to add “primary causation” to the Illinois workers’ compensation law in a bid to help the state become attractive to financial investment from the business sector, generate employment opportunities for its residents, and put an end to fraud and abuse, the Daily… Read More

Police in Champaign are looking for anyone who can provide witness information regarding a bus accident that occurred earlier this week. According to reports, a Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District bus struck a 59-year-old woman on Wednesday at the intersection of Logan and Walnut. The victim was taken to Carle Foundation Hospital where she remains in critical condition after… Read More

The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act is on its way to witnessing reforms that will seek to address the “shortcomings” of the 2011 amendments, Illinois Governor Bruce Vincent Rauner said during his State of the State Address on February 4, Business Insurance reported. Even though Gov. Rauner did not specify what changes he will make exactly to… Read More

2Civility, the communication channel for the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism, recently interviewed , partner Miranda L. Soucie about her legal career and the important role that civility has played in her practice. You can read the interview in its entirety by clicking here.

2Civility, the communication channel for the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism, recently interviewed , partner Miranda L. Soucie about her legal career and the important role that civility has played in her practice. You can read the interview in its entirety by clicking here.

A man was charged with DUI, driving without a license, and improper lane usage early Monday morning following a pedestrian accident in Champaign, according to news-gazette.com. Reports say Trevin Miller, 22, lost control of the wheel, struck a utility pole, and then hit a woman walking her dog in a residential neighborhood near Union Street… Read More

Driver error is thought to be responsible for the injury of two in Champaign, according to The News Gazette. The accident occurred on February 11 at around 2:45 p.m. Kathryn Conley, 18, is thought to have run a stop sign causing Richard Willming, 75, to hit the side of her SUV, Champaign County sheriff’s Sgt.… Read More

Illinois Governor Bruce Vincent Rauner said in a speech at the University of Chicago late in January that his administration is going to address workers’ compensation reform, high Medicaid costs, and the disparity of the high salaries of public employees in comparison with the private sector. The Springfield State Journal-Register reported Rauner saying that the rate… Read More

On Sunday afternoon, John J. Kwiakowski, 49, drove his blue 2013 Ford Taurus on Illinois 9 with a juvenile female in the passenger seat. About .4 miles east of 470 East Road, the car hit a ditch and a tree before it flipped and landed on its roof. Emergency personnel had to remove the two… Read More