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Workers Compensation and the First Aggressor Defense

Mar 20, 2017 by Sherwood Law Group

The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act allows an employee to receive compensation for sustaining any “accidental injuries arising out of and in the course of the employment.” 820 ILCS § 305/1(d). Accidental injuries can occur in a variety of ways: a construction worker can fall off of a roof whil...

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Illinois Supreme Court Ruling Clears Up Negligence Claim Against Union Pacific

Mar 10, 2017 by Sherwood Law Group

The Illinois Supreme Court recently overturned an Appellate decision stating that an employee may not collect damages from his employer when a third party is completely at fault.

On August 9th, 2008, Christopher Wardwell, an employee of Union Pacific Railroad, was riding in the passenger seat of a...

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