Ruling Allows Comp Benefits for Undocumented Immigrant
The case of Economy Packing Co. v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission dealt with Ramona Navarro, a Mexican national who slipped and injured herself in May 2002 while working on an assembly line, court records state.
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December 16, 2008
Ruling Allows Comp Benefits for Undocumented Immigrant
Employers can’t deny permanent total disability benefits for illegal immigrants on the basis that their immigration status would prevent them working in the U.S. legally, a state appeals court ruled.

In the ruling Friday, December 12, Illinois’ 1st Judicial District Appellate Court also said it agreed with appeals courts across several other states that “have almost uniformly heldâ€