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Articles From Gregory S. Keltner

Claimant Can Receive Benefits Under Sections 8(e)18 and 8(d)2 of the Workers Compensation Act By Gregory S. Keltner Workers’ Compensation Law, December 2024 In The American Coal Company v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, 2024 IL App (5th) 230815WC-C, the Workers’ Compensation Commission Division of the Appellate Court affirmed the Commission’s decision that a claimant who is entitled to benefits under Section 8(e)(18) for the loss of both hands, both arms, both feet, both legs, both eyes, or any combination of the two may also receive benefits under Section 8(d)(2) for injuries to non-scheduled body parts.
It’s All in the Details: Proving Accident and Causation in a Repetitive Trauma Case By Gregory S. Keltner Workers’ Compensation Law, July 2023 In a recent Rule 23 decision, the appellate court considered the issues of accident, causation, and the manifest weight standard of review in the context of a repetitive trauma claim.
Strict Compliance Is Alive and Well With Regard to Timely Filing of Petition for Judicial Review and Notice of Intent to File for Review By Gregory S. Keltner Workers’ Compensation Law, August 2020 In two recent Rule 23 decisions, the appellate court ruled that strict compliance with section 19(f)(1) of the Workers’ Compensation Act is necessary to vest the circuit court with jurisdiction where the appellant seeks review of a Commission decision.
Multiple Accidents and Section 5(b): What Does the Employer Have to Prove to Recover? By Gregory S. Keltner Workers’ Compensation Law, December 2019 In Hunt v. Herrod, the third district appellate court found that an employer is not entitled to a lien pursuant to Section 5(b) of the Workers’ Compensation Act merely because it paid workers’ compensation benefits.

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