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While workers’ compensation issues generally are to be determined exclusively by the Illinois Industrial Commission under 820 ILCS 305/18, nevertheless, that statutory provision does not divest the circuit court of jurisdiction of all issues involving...

Acknowledging that an action that arises under the workers’ compensation laws of a state is a “nonremovable action” under 28 U.S.C.S. § 1445(c), a U.S. District Court in California recently held that the fact that a California employer...

A Florida trial court’s determination that it lacked jurisdiction to hear a civil action filed by an injured worker against her workers’ compensation medical providers under the state’s Consumer Collection Practices Act was error, held...

Rhode Island’s Workers’ Compensation Court has exclusive jurisdiction concerning reinstatement disputes. Accordingly, where a union member employee sustained a serious ankle injury, underwent surgery 10 months later, did not request a leave...