One of the main fears of Illinois Workers Compensation attorneys (heck, any workers comp attorney, probably) is that, after settlements are drafted and approved and checks are sent out, it pops up.
What pops up? That medical bill that had been hiding in the client’s desk drawer, or lurking behind the bushes, or hanging from the [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Illinois law’
March 6, 2009
Wow! New Illinois Workers Comp Case Helps the Injured, But Probably Wrong
February 20, 2009
New Illinois Subpoena Law
Illinois lawyers can now issue subpoenas on their own. Sweet!
On a semi-related note, has anyone noticed the wide variety with which people pronounce the words “subponea duces tecum?”
Subpoena (sometimes sup-peeny for the southern lawyers)
Duces (dooses, deuces, duchess, dookes, etc)
Tecum (tay-kum, teachem, teesum, teekum)
It’d be nice if at least all lawyers agreed to pronounce this the [...]
