Articles From James M. Byrnes

New carpeting trips up the defense By James M. Byrnes Workers’ Compensation Law, June 2005 In Tinley Park Hotel & Convention Center d/b/a Holiday Inn v. Industrial Commission, 826 N.E.2d 1043; 292 Ill.Dec. 607 (2005), the Appellate Court, First District, affirmed the Commission's finding the claimant proved her injuries arose out of her employment.
Twice Over Clean- A respondent’s perspective By James M. Byrnes Workers’ Compensation Law, June 2005 In 2003, the Supreme Court issued a decision in the case of Sisbro, Inc. v. Industrial Commission, 207 Ill.2d 193 (2003) (Sisbro II), in which it rejected the argument that the "normal daily activity" exception bars recovery when the claimant's physical condition has so deteriorated that the condition of ill-being could have been produced by normal daily activity, despite a causal connection between the work and the condition.

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