Insurance companies in work comp can unreasonably delay surgery without penalties/Las compañías de seguros en el trabajo pueden retrasar injustificadamente la cirugía sin sanciones

The Illinois Appellate court recently decided that an insurance company can “unreasonably” delay surgery, even when they know the employee needs it and it is work related, without being subject to penalties and attorney fees.  The Court held that, even though this seemed obviously unfair, the legislature did not write a provision in the Workers’ Compensation Act that would authorize a penalty for these kinds of vexatious and unreasonable delays.  The only remedy for workers is for the legislature to amend the Workers’ Comp Act to allow these sorts of penalties, particularly when it can be shown that the delay in treatment caused even more damage to the worker.  Call your state representative and encourage them to amend the Act to protect workers!

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