by Brent Eames | Jun 3, 2021 | Police & Firefighter Injuries, Workers' Compensation
The Public Employee Disability Act (PEDA), codified under 5 ILCS 345/, is an Illinois law that provides financial assistance to first responders and other qualified employees, such as correctional officers, who get injured in the line of duty. Although first...
by Brent Eames | Feb 20, 2021 | Police & Firefighter Injuries, Workers' Compensation
As of August 2020, the Illinois legislature passed an amendment to the Public Employee Disability Act (“PEDA”) as a result of the ongoing impact of COVID-19. Under PEDA, public employees are guaranteed financial protection of up to 365 days of full pay if injured in...
by Brent Eames | Feb 15, 2021 | Police & Firefighter Injuries
This month, the Third District Appellate Court handed an enormous victory to injured first responders all across the State of Illinois by striking down the PSEBA ordinance of the City of Peoria which attempted to make it much more challenging for its injured employees...
by Brent Eames | Jan 27, 2021 | Police & Firefighter Injuries, Workers' Compensation
Have you recently suffered an injury on the job? Do you wonder how long it would take to reach favorable workers’ comp settlement amounts for your accident? If so, then you need to learn more about the overall process regarding workers’ compensation...
by Brent Eames | Jan 22, 2021 | ELG Updates, Police & Firefighter Injuries, Workers' Compensation
As we previously reported, Attorney Brent Eames was retained to represent seven disabled police officers from the City of North Chicago after the City attempted to recall them all to active duty as a result of an alleged emergency which resulted from what was claimed...
by Brent Eames | Jan 14, 2021 | Police & Firefighter Injuries, Workers' Compensation
As we have previously reported, last year, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law an expansion of the benefits afforded to injured first responders and front line workers under the the Workers’ Compensation Act. This amendment created a presumption in favor of...
