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VENTURE v. ILL. WORKERS' COMPENSATION COM'N

Docket No. 115728.

1 N.E.3d 535 (2013)

2013 IL 115728

376 Ill. Dec. 823

The VENTURE — NEWBERG-PERINI, STONE & WEBSTER, Appellant, v. The ILLINOIS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION (Ronald Daugherty, Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

December 19, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore J. Powers , Gregory A. Rode and Jeffrey N. Powell , of Rusin Maciorowski & Friedman, Ltd., and Michael Resis , of SmithAmundsen LLC, all of Chicago, for appellant.

Jonathan T. Nessler , of The Law Offices of Frederic W. Nessler & Associates, Ltd., of Springfield, for appellee.

L. Elizabeth Coppoletti , of Nyhan, Bambrick Kinzie & Lowry, P.C., and Dave Taylor , all of Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Self-Insurers Association.

George J. Cullen and John W. Powers , of Cullen, Haskins, Nicholson & Menchetti, P.C., of Chicago, for amici curiae Illinois AFL-CIO and Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.

OPINION

Chief Justice GARMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Ronald Daugherty was a member of Plumbers & Pipefitters Union Local 137 (Local 137) based in Springfield, Illinois. Due to a lack of available work in his local area, Daugherty took a position with The Venture — Newberg-Perini, Stone & Webster (Venture) located approximately 200 miles from his home. Daugherty had temporarily relocated to a nearby motel...

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