Legal Opinion
Roberson v. Industrial Commission
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided March 22, 2007No. 102723 RelPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fitzgerald
Chief Justice Thomas and Justices Freeman, Kilbride, Garman, Karmeier, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion.
OPINION
Donald Roberson filed a claim for benefits under the Workers’ Compensation Act (see 820 ILCS 305/1 et seq. (West 2004)) after he was injured while delivering a load of steel coils for P.I. & I. Motor Express, Inc. (P.I. & I.). An arbitrator denied this claim, and the Illinois Industrial Commission 1 reversed the arbitrator’s decision, finding an employment relationship between Roberson and P.I. & I., as well as a causal relationship between Roberson’s injury and his…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Transamerican Freight Lines, Inc. v. Brada Miller Freight Systems, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Morris v. JTM Materials, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 2002
- Universal Am-Can, Ltd. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
- Horwitz v. Holabird & RootIllinois Supreme Court · 2004
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Phillips v. Quality Terminal Services, LLCDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2012
- Roberson v. INDUSTRIAL COM'NIllinois Supreme Court · 2007
- In re Fedex Ground Package System, Inc.District Court, N.D. Indiana · 2008
- Great West Casualty Co. v. National Casualty Co.District Court, D. North Dakota · 2014
- In re Fedex Ground Package System, Inc., Employment Practices LitigationDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 2012
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