Spiros Law, P.C. Archives

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

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

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

Workers from different companies who were called in to repair some damage in the cafeteria of Chute Middle School in Evanston, Illinois received exposure to asbestos, lead, and electrical dangers, a recent report from the United States Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Illinois Department of Public Health showed. OSHA assigned… Read More

In Illinois, when a public officer such as a law enforcement agent, a correctional officer, or a firefighter sustains major injury or was killed in the line of duty, his family – wife and children – can receive, on top of workers’ compensation benefits, compensation allotted to them under the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act,… Read More

The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that E. Belinda Bauer, widow of Omron Electronic Components LLC president and COO Craig Bauer, was awarded workers’ compensation benefits after her husband died due to an illness contracted on work travels, Business Insurance reported on November 18. According to court documents, Mr. Bauer went to China and Japan in… Read More

The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute recently released a new study that showed the reforms made in 2011 to lessen the cost of healthcare services for injured workers in Illinois are still impacting the dwindling cost of medical care, the Insurance Journal reported on November 3. According to the report titled, “CompScope Medical Benchmarks for Illinois, 15th… Read More

A 50-year-old man was killed earlier this week in an accident at a BRG Sports plant in Rantoul. Police were called to the plant on Wednesday around 9:30 p.m. after a man sustained a head injury when he fell from a shelving unit on which pallets were stacked. When police arrived on the scene, the man… Read More

The Appellate Court of Illinois ruled that Walter Matuszczak, a former Wal-Mart Stores Inc. night stocker who injured his neck, back, and arm after several shelves of glass cleaner fell on top of him while he was at work back in March 2010, is entitled to the remainder of his temporary total disability benefits despite… Read More