Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1982 [PAGE 520]

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1982]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

509

The nephew has refused to complete the previously authorized settlement for the expressed reason that the same would not resolve his liability for Illinois inheritance taxes. The nephew has now filed suit in the Circuit Court in McLean County, Illinois, against the executor seeking specific performance of his $78,440 option agreement. T h e University is not a party to that proceeding. In turn, the executor has filed in the Circuit Court of St. Clair County, Illinois, a Petition for Directions to determine the legal effects of the option agreement and whether the executor should obtain or forego reimbursements from the nephew for any federal estate or other taxes and interest which may be due from him. The Univenity is a party to the St. Clair County proceedings. The university counsel has requested that he be authorized to take such steps as may be necessary or appropriate, including the employment of special counsel, to protect the interests of the University in this matter. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . F o r s y t h , a u t h o r i t y w a s g i v e n as r e c o m m e n d e d by t h e f o l l o w i n g v o t e : Aye, D r . D o n o g h u e , M r . F o r s y d i , M r . H a h n , M r . H o w a r d , M r . M a d d e n , Mrs. Shepherd, M r . Stone; no, n o n e ; absent, Mrs. Day, Mr. Neal, Governor Thompson. ( T h e student advisory vote w a s : Aye, M r . B a n d a l a , M r . Bettenhausen, M r . Persons; no, none.)

Settlement of Workers' Compensation Claim (Warded Newsome)

(2) Wardell Newsome, hospital service foreman at the Medical Center campus, sustained injury to both knees as a result of a fall on November 3, 1980, in the course of his employment by the University. In January 1981 he returned to work half time but by May his condition had deteriorated to the extent that he was unable to do any work involving walking and has not worked since. His illness has been diagnosed to be degenerative arthritis of the knees with exacerbation due to the November 3 injury. Newsome has not responded well to conservative treatment and is unable to work at his usual duties. Newsome has been employed by the University for fourteen years and has indicated that he prefers not to enter into litigation if at all possible. He is fifty-five years of age and, if deemed permanently, totally disabled, the liability payments would exceed $9,000 annually for his lifetime. Through February 1982, $11,712 of lost time benefits have been paid him. The Subcommittee on Workers' Compensation has recommended a one-time settlement for $35,414, representing 100-percent industrial loss of use of a leg with future medical rights left open for one year following the date this settlement is approved by the Industrial Commission of Illinois. The executive vice president is required to inform the board of any workers' compensation claim in which payment for loss of income and medical expenses exceeds $30,000 and submit to the board for any payment for permanent disability in excess of $30,000. The executive vice president has recommended that the board approve the proposed settlement. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . F o r s y t h , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d by the following v o t e : A y e , D r . D o n o g h u e , M r . F o r s y t h , M r . H a h n , M r . H o w a r d , M r . M a d d e n , Mrs. Shepherd, M r . S t o n e ; no, n o n e ; absent, Mrs. Day, Mr. Neal, Governor Thompson. ( T h e student advisory vote w a s : Aye, M r . Bandala, M r . Bettenhausen, M r . Persons; no, none.)