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Bercaw v. Domino's Pizza, Inc.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided February 28, 1994No. 2-93-0175PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRESIDING JUSTICE INGLIS

delivered the opinion of the court: This case presents an issue of first impression in the second district: whether the exclusive remedy provision of the Workers’ Compensation Act (the Act) (820 ILCS 305/5(a) (West 1992)) bars a suit against a pizza delivery business brought by relatives of a deliveryman killed by assailants during the course of a delivery, when the relatives allege that the business knew with substantial certainty that the deliveryman would be attacked. We hold that the exclusive remedy provision does bar this suit.

The plaintiffs are the survivors, or…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Meerbrey v. Marshall Field & Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1990
  2. Collier v. Wagner Castings Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1980
  3. Beauchamp v. Dow Chemical Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1986
  4. Handley v. Unarco Industries, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1984
  5. Jablonski v. MultackAppellate Court of Illinois · 1978

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3Cited by20 opinions

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  3. Al-Dabbagh v. Greenpeace, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1994
  4. Limanowski v. Ashland Oil Co., Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1995
  5. Jansen v. Packaging Corp. of AmericaDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1995

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