Bonds and Newman Secure Reduced Award Before the IWCC

Heyl Royster attorneys Bruce Bonds and Nick Newman recently secured a favorable result before the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission on behalf of an employer.

Although the petitioner initiated the review, the Commission reduced the permanent partial disability award from 3% to 1% loss of use of the person as a whole. A reduction on a petitioner’s review is an unusual result before the IWCC.

The Commission also clarified that the petitioner’s initial occurrence of deep vein thrombosis had reached maximum medical improvement and that any subsequent DVT condition was unrelated to the work accident.

This result reflects Bruce and Nick’s careful analysis of the medical evidence, focused preparation, and strong advocacy throughout the review process.

Congratulations to Bruce and Nick on an excellent result.