Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA)

February 15, 2017

Gov. Rauner Missed an Opportunity in his Budget Address to Focus on the Real Problem with the Illinois Workers’ Compensation System: Insurance Company Profiteering

Statement 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,…

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January 24, 2017

Christopher T. Hurley: Rauner’s argument ignores fact

The 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,…

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January 9, 2017

Christopher T. Hurley: Illinoisans need court access

The 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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December 21, 2016

Holiday Office Hours

The ITLA office will be closed Friday, December 23, Monday, December 26, Friday, December 30, and Monday, January 2 for the holidays. We will be open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, December 27, 28, 29 from 8:30 – 4:30 for your membership needs. Happy holidays from the ITLA Staff

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December 15, 2016

Different Year, Same Tired ATRA Propaganda Aimed at Undermining Illinoisans’ Legal Rights

Statement by Christopher T. Hurley, President Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Response to ATRA’s Annual ‘Judicial Hellhole’ Report December 15, 2016 Long before the recent explosion of “fake news,” the American Tort Reform Association, an organization that uses the appealing word “reform” in its name to hide its true purpose, was busy hawking disinformation to confuse…

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