Recovery When an Employer Has No Insurance: IWBF Cases
By Derek G. Dominguez
Workers’ Compensation Law,
July 2025
One of the first things a Petitioner’s attorney must do when they sign up a new client is figure out who is the employer’s insurance carrier. It can be disheartening to learn that an employer had no insurance on the date of injury due to a lapse in coverage, or even a willful decision not to carry insurance. Fortunately, the Injured Workers Benefit Fund (“IWBF”) was established for employees to recover workers’ compensation benefits such as PPD, TTD, and payment of medical expenses in cases where an employer is deemed to have had no insurance on the date of injury. The following will help you get to the finish line and recover for your client in these cases.
Considerations Following an Award at Trial: Prejudgment Interest and Costs
By Derek G. Dominguez
Civil Practice and Procedure,
December 2023
Prejudgment interest, signed into law by Governor Pritzker in 2021, was meant to encourage settlement in personal injury and wrongful death actions by introducing the potential for interest on judgments obtained in cases where defense counsel fails to make a timely or reasonable pretrial offer.
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