STATE TREASURER v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION

Docket No. 1-12-0549WC.

2 N.E.3d 351 (2013)

2013 IL App (1st) 120549WC

377 Ill. Dec. 435

ILLINOIS STATE TREASURER, as ex officio Custodian of the Injured Workers' Benefit Fund, Appellant, v. The ILLINOIS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION et al. (Joseph Meuse, Marilyn Arnoux, Ken Schechtel d/b/a/ A New Millennium Homecare, and Janina Anna Zakarzecka, Appellees).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Workers' Compensation Commission Division.

November 18, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Chicago ( Michael A. Scodro , Solicitor General, and Mary C. Labrec , Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for appellant.

Matthew J. Belcher and Brian J. Wiehe , both of Belcher Law Office, of Chicago, for appellees.


OPINION

Presiding Justice HOLDRIDGE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 The claimant, Janina Zakarzecka, filed an application for adjustment of claim under the Workers' Compensation Act (the Act) (820 ILCS 305/1 et seq. (West 2006)) seeking benefits for injuries to her wrists which she allegedly sustained while working as a caregiver and companion in a private home. Because her employer was uninsured for workers' compensation...

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