The following letter to the editor by ITLA President Christopher T. Hurley appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times on February 23, 2017. In his budget address, Gov. Bruce Rauner said Illinois should emulate Massachusetts workers’ compensation system. However, following its lead would come at a great cost to our state’s taxpayers. Massachusetts doctors who care…
LEARN MOREStatement from Illinois Trial Lawyers President Christopher T. Hurley February 15, 2017 In his budget address today, Gov. Bruce Rauner once again called for changes to the state’s workers’ compensation system, but missed an opportunity to spotlight the real problem with that system: insurance company profiteering. The insurance companies have exploited insufficient oversight and,…
LEARN MOREThe following letter to the editor by ITLA President Christopher T. Hurley was published in Crain’s Chicago Business on January 23, 2017. Gov. Bruce Rauner disingenuously claims that he’d like a balanced approach to improving workers’ compensation (“Bruce Rauner: My case for workers’ comp reform”), but demands that workers, especially those nearing retirement age,…
LEARN MOREThe following letter to the editor by ITLA President Christopher T. Hurley appeared in the Galesburg Register-Mail on Friday, January 6, 2017. Dear Editor, Long before the recent explosion of “fake news,” the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) and its Illinois mouthpiece Illinois Lawsuit Abuse Watch (I-LAW) were busy hawking disinformation to confuse public…
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