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Parents of deceased teen respond to employer’s motion to dismiss electrocution suit

The parents of a deceased teen argue that their son’s former employer should be held liable for the negligent work it completed at a home in 2014, which they allege lead to the decedent’s electrocution in 2017. Doug Elliott and Dawn Elliott, as independent co-administrators of the estate of Caleb Elliott, filed their complaint on Nov. 30, 2017, against Viola…
Workers' Compensation

Emanuel, Burke Sued Over Workers’ Compensation

It could be a David versus Goliath legal battle. A longtime political gadfly and a city worker are suing Mayor Rahm Emanuel and powerful Ald. Ed Burke in federal court. Burke, the longtime Finance Committee chairman, controls the city’s controversial and obscure $100 million workers’ compensation program, which has come under scrutiny for years. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit contend…
Workers' Compensation

Policy Institute Chronicles Cost to City of ‘Modest’ Comp Claims

The Illinois Policy Institute says that the city of Belleville, Illinois, has spent $420,000 settling workers’ compensation claims by employees this year, with much of that money going to workers who returned to their jobs the day after the injury. The Policy Institute, which advocates for more business friendly public policies, reported that Belleville pays for workers’ compensation settlements of…
Workers' Compensation

It’s time to put compensation for injured city workers in the city’s hands

Who decides what to pay city staffers after on-the-job injuries? It’s the Finance Committee of the City Council. And, as virtually everyone knows, it shouldn’t be. Pop quiz: Who manages the annual expenditure of more than $100 million to approve and compensate city workers for on-the-job injuries? Is it the head of human resources? Nope. Maybe the city’s top lawyer?…
Personal Injury

St. Clair County man’s lung cancer prompts lawsuit against several manufacturers

A St. Clair County laborer claims several manufacturing companies negligently exposed him to cancer-causing asbestos. Lawrence Ray Jenkins Jr. filed a complaint on July 6 in St. Clair County Circuit Court against the companies, which include Shell Oil, Union Carbide, Chevron and Armstrong Pumps. According to the complaint, Jenkins was exposed to asbestos while hauling and sorting scrap metal from…
Workers' Compensation

Summer jobs come with safety risks for young employees

Summer job season is in full swing, with the influx of younger workers creating workplace safety challenges for employers. Broadly speaking, workers between the ages of 14 and 24 are likely to injure themselves on the job because of their inexperience as well as their physical, cognitive and emotional developmental characteristics, according to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration.…
Workers' Compensation

OSHA cites box maker for amputation hazards

U.S. workplace safety regulators have cited an Illinois-based cardboard box manufacturer for exposing employees to unprotected machinery and amputation hazards and have proposed penalties of $66,612. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Packaging Corp. of America for failing to provide written procedures to control the release of hazardous energy, exposing employees to struck-by, caught-in and amputation hazards, and…
Personal Injury

Fishers Police Chief arrested for OWI after injury crash in Indianapolis

The chief of the Fishers Police Department was arrested late Friday evening after he was involved in an accident while driving under the influence. According to a police report, Fishers Police Chief Mitch Thompson was involved in a multiple car accident on Keystone Avenue in Indianapolis just before midnight. The report indicates that Chief Thompson rear-ended a vehicle, causing it…
Personal Injury

DUI Crash Injuries Five People

A crash early Sunday morning resulted in 5 being transported to the hospital with serious to minor injuiries and the driver of one vehicle charged with DUI. Illinois State Police District 5 Troopers responded to a personal injury crash between two vehicles at Route 53 and Manhattan-Monee Road. The initial investigation found the driver of a Chevrolet Colorado pick-up truck…

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