Illinois Supreme Court Opens Door To Employee Intervention After Statute Of Limitations Runs
Tuesday, December 18th, 2018 Litigation Subrogation Workers' CompensationThe Illinois Supreme Court has somewhat clarified an injured employee’s rights to pursue a third-party case by intervening into a third-party subrogation suit filed by the workers’ compensation carrier, even after the personal injury Statute of Limitations (“SOL”) runs. In A & R Janitorial v. Pepper Construction Company, 2018 WL 123220 (Ill. 2018), an employee filed a third-party action after the Illinois personal injury SOL had run, and when that suit was dismissed, he tried to intervene into a third-party subrogation suit filed by his employer before the SOL had run.
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