An Illinois appeals court has partially reversed a lower court ruling in a case involving an injured professional softball player, ruling the trial judge improperly dismissed a negligence claim over the employer’s alleged failure to maintain workers compensation insurance coverage. The First District, Fifth Division Appellate Court of Illinois Friday partially affirmed, and partially reversed, a Cook County circuit court…
A man has filed a negligence lawsuit against HSHS Medical Group, claiming he was injured during a medical procedure. Plaintiff Stephen “James” Buckman and Shirley Buckman filed the lawsuit in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against HSHS Medical Group, Inc., Metro-East Services, Inc. doing business as Memorial Hospital East and Maung Thu, M.D., citing negligence. According to the lawsuit,…
A shopper is suing a Fairview Heights liquor store after he allegedly slipped and injured himself. Plaintiff David Spencer filed the lawsuit in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against Illinois Fine Wine & Spirits, LLC doing business as Total Wine Spirits Beer & More, citing negligence. According to the lawsuit, Spencer Williams was a patron at the Total Wine…
The price of prescription drugs used in workers compensation cases grew at an annual rate of 3.7% average over a nine-year period, which was offset by a 6% decline in the volume of prescriptions, according to a research paper published Tuesday by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. Analyzing data from 2012 to 2021, NCCI also found that the average…
Studies released Thursday by the Workers Compensation Research Institute show how the adoption of drug formularies in five states affected workers compensation costs. The studies looked at the effect of formularies on prescription drug utilization and associated costs in the Arkansas, California, Indiana, Kentucky and New York comp systems. All five states adopted prescription drug formularies between 2018 and 2019….
