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ROBERTSON v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE CO.

Nos. 55811, 55837 cons.

95 Ill.2d 441 (1983)

448 N.E.2d 866

ELVIN L. ROBERTSON, Appellee, v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed April 22, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald M. Haskell and Mitchell A. Orpett (Haskell & Perrin, of Chicago, and Dunham, Boman & Leskera, of East St. Louis, of counsel), for appellant.

Listeman, Bandy & Hamilton, of Belleville (Charles E. Hamilton, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment reversed; cause remanded.

JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

In this case we decide whether a common law action seeking compensatory and punitive damages for allegedly outrageous conduct in the handling of a workmen's compensation claim can succeed where recovery was had on the underlying workmen's compensation action. We hold that it may not.

On June 25, 1971, the plaintiff in this action, Elvin L. Robertson, slipped and fell...

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