Woll v. Attorney General

A statute makes it a misdemeanor to solicit a person injured as a result of an accident for the purpose of making a claim for damages or prosecuting an action based on the injury.1 Woll, *511-Posner and Keane, who are lawyers, were indicted under the statute. They contend that the statute is void for vagueness and because it deprives them of equal protection of the law. Woll further contends that the statute is inapplicable to workers’ compensation cases.

We hold:

1) The Legislature intended that the statute apply to workers’ compensation cases, at least where the claim arises out of an accident.…