Illinois Workers Compensation Arbitrators File Claims for Injuries

BND.com reports:

Who knew that handling workers' comp claims could be such an injury-prone line of work? Seven of the state's 32 workers' comp arbitrators have filed claims themselves. Having more than 20 percent of workers with the same job file claims should be a cause for alarm. But in state government, workers' comp gets treated as an entitlement.

"They are entitled to file claims. They are entitled to go through the process," said Mitch Weisz, chairman of the Workers' Compensation Commission.

"We're not second-class citizens. We can file," said Ruth White, an arbitrator who got $19,084 after she fell and fractured her leg.

No word yet from Alderman Ed Burke on this story.