Employer escapes penalties for disputing claimant’s accident

Friday, February 18th, 2011 Fraud Workers' Compensation

In Illinois, a supervisor’s credible testimony that he never assigned a worker the task in which he allegedly sustained his injury and medical records one week after the alleged accident that make no mention of the work injury provide a reasonable basis for the employer to dispute the accident.


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