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Article: Ex-alderman's son was off work 9 years Series: Clout's Sick List: a Sun-Times Investigation Day Two of a Three-Day Series
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- October 20, 2006
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For nine years, until he died in a fire, Christopher Pucinski
collected disability checks from the city.
The only son of the late Ald. Roman Pucinski got more than
$320,000 in disability payments since reporting he was injured at
work in September 1996, just six weeks after landing his last city
job.
How did Pucinski get hurt? The city can't find an accident report,
which Pucinski should have filed within five days to get workers
compensation benefits.
The city settles most workers comp cases. But Pucinski didn't have
a claim to settle: He never filed a workers comp claim with the State
of Illinois.
"There was no need to because he was receiving benefits,"
Pucinski's lawyer, George ...
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Article: Pucinski's wife critically hurt in fall down restaurant stairs
Chicago Sun-Times;
June 24, 1990 ;
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...Elizabeth "Betty" Pucinski, wife of Ald. Roman C. Pucinski (41st), was in a coma and listed in critical condition...falling down a stairway at a Northwest Side restaurant. Mrs. Pucinski, 70, dean emeritus of the School of Family Resources at...
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