Interstate Scaffolding, Inc. v. Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission

Chief Justice Fitzgerald and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Kilbride, Garman, and Karmeier concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

In this appeal we are asked to consider whether an employer’s obligation to pay temporary total disability (TTD) workers’ compensation benefits to an employee who was injured in the course of his employment ceases when the employer terminates the employee for conduct unrelated to the injury. For reasons that follow, we hold that when an employee who is entitled to receive workers’ compensation benefits as a result of a work-related injury is later terminated for…