Mealey's (February 4, 2022, 12:29 PM EST) -- CHICAGO — Affirming an appeals court’s ruling, the Illinois Supreme Court on Feb. 3 ruled that the exclusivity provisions of an Illinois workers’ compensation law do not preclude a woman’s privacy class claims over her former employer’s fingerprinting practice under the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), finding that her claimed injuries are not physical or psychological and, therefore, are not compensable under the compensation law....