Robin Law Office

05/17/2023

It will be very interesting to see how this plays out and the type of precedent that it may set.

This could theoretically open the door for any number of other health conditions, Pond Lehocky Giordano's Keld Wenge said, giving a claimant's diabetes management as a potential avenue companies could use to question a claimant's benefits if the ruling stands.

12/17/2020

Just another example as to how this pandemic has affected "normal" life as we ALL know it...including those who have been injured on the job.

Pandemic-related shutdowns in early 2020 had widespread impacts on the workers compensation system, with delayed medical procedures halting claim progression and layoffs and furloughs eliminating return-to-work opportunities in some industries, experts say.

05/23/2017

Rumors persist that the IL State Senate will vote today on some version of workers’ comp reform. It remains unclear which bill is currently in play, but it is certain that any WC reform bill will include cuts in compensation to injured workers and reductions in medical reimbursement rates to the doctors who treat them. It bears repeating to Senators that this will cause hardship to injured workers and limit access to high quality medical treatment. It bears repeating also that none of the Senate bills include safety reform or WC insurance reform. Please take a minute out of your busy schedule today, right now if possible, to contact your State Senator or any other State Senator you know by phone call or email to oppose any efforts to take away rights from injured workers. Thanks.

David B. Menchetti
Cullen, Haskins, Nicholson & Menchetti, P.C.

04/19/2017

"Workers' comp deserves — demands — a separate, lengthy and thoughtful debate independent of the slow-moving hostage drama unfolding under the dome."

Workers' compensation is too complicated and important an area to be tossed in with the rest of the state's "grand bargain" negotiations.

03/16/2017

Time to wake up, Governor!

This is the first in a series of CTBA Fact Sheets reviewing the proposals in Governor Bruce Rauner's "Turnaround Agenda," which the Governor's office has made a precondition of signing any state budget. It concludes that although advocates of workers' compensation reform claim that it is necessary i...

02/16/2017

Another glaring example of why it's the insurance industry that needs reform and NOT workers' rights.