Theodore J. Powers

Ted currently resides in Wisconsin. He grew up in Quincy, Illinois, where he was a championship swimmer and competed in state championships and marathon swims down the Mississippi River. He is an avid gardener. Prior to making law his profession, Ted developed expertise in the medical profession with over 10 years of hospital and patient care experience. Ted graduated from the University of Illinois – Chicago with a degree in Political Science and achieved his Juris Doctorate at IIT – Kent College of Law.

Ted, who has 15 years of experience as a defense firm partner, has represented employers in over 50 cases on appeal before the Illinois Appellate and Supreme Courts on various workers’ compensation and insurance coverage related issues.

Reported Decisions:

• Venture-Newberg Perini Stone and Webster v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, 2012 Ill.App. (4th) 110847 WC; 981 N.E.2nd 1091; cert. granted; rev’d, 2013 Il 115728, unofficial cite not available, (2014) (Traveling Employee – Appellate and Supreme Court)
• Durand v. Industrial Commission, 234 Ill.2d 53, 862 N.E.2nd 918 (2006 (Repetitive Trauma/Manifestation Date – Supreme Court)
• Employers Mutual Companies v. Skilling, 163 Ill.2d 284, 644 N.E.2d 1163 (1994) (Insurance Coverage/Jurisdiction – Supreme Court)
• Hastings Mutual Insurance Company v. Ultimate Backyard, LLC, et al., 2012 IL App (1st) 10151, 965 N.E.2d 656 (2012) (Insurance Coverage/Jurisdiction – Appellate Court)
• Village of Villa Park v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, 2013 IL App (2d) 130038 WC, unofficial cite not available, (2014); reh’g & cert. denied.
  (Idiopathic Fall – Appellate Court)
• Siddens v. Industrial Commission, 304 Ill. App. 3d 506, 711 N.E.2d 18 (1999) Jurisdiction – Appellate Court)
• Limanowski v. Ashland Oil Company, 275 Ill.App.3d 115, 655 N.E.2d 1049 (1995)
  (Intentional Tort Work Injury – Appellate Court)
• Absolute Cleaning/SYMBL v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, 409 Ill.App.3d 463, 949 N.E.2d 1158 (2011) (Exceeding Physician Choice – Appellate Court)
• Funes v. B&B Equipment, Inc., 282 Ill.App.3d 272, 668 N.E.2d 54 (1996) (Third Party Liability and Contribution Issues – Appellate Court)