In this employees civil suit to recover damages from his employer, the Illinois Supreme Court held that, when an employees injury or disease first manifests itself after expiration of certain time limitations provided by the statutes governing workers compensation and occupational diseases, the employees action is barred by the statutory provisions on exclusive remedy.
Class action plaintiffs complaining of cigarettes marketed as lights and lowered tar and nicotine were awarded compensatory and punitive damages totaling $10.1 billion in a 2003 bench trial in the circuit court of Madison County.
In this employees civil suit to recover damages from his employer, the Illinois Supreme Court held that, when an employees injury or disease first manifests itself after expiration of certain time limitations provided by the statutes governing workers compensation and occupational diseases, the employees action is barred by the statutory provisions on exclusive remedy.
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