Judge puts halt to Illinois work comp rule for essential employees

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A Sangamon County Judge has granted a temporary restraining order halting a state edict that assumed any essential worker who came down with COVID-19 got it from their workplace.

In a release from the plaintiffs, Sangamon County Circuit Court Judge John M. Madonia issued the order Thursday afternoon following a lawsuit filed by a consortium of more than two dozen business organizations earlier this week.

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