Workers Compensation Lawyer in Chicago, Illinois Work Injury Attorney

Other times people try to handle a case on their own.  The insurance company doesn’t have to offer a settlement and when they do and you don’t have a lawyer, it’s almost always less than what you would have received with a lawyer, even after our 20% fee is taken in to account.

And in some cases, not only do we get more money for the client than they could get on their own, but we also find hidden benefits.

Recently we began representing a person with a very serious injury that is going to require a career change.  In reviewing his medical records, we discovered an older work related injury that he hadn’t filed a claim on.  We were able to settle that case for $18,000 and the other case is still going.  Had he not gone to an attorney he wouldn’t have received a penny.

More common is that we begin to represent a client and discover that the pay rate for their claim is way too low, usually because the person who calculated it didn’t do it correctly or they forgot to include additional employment wages at another company.  There have been numerous times where our attorneys have stepped in to a case and immediately obtained thousands of dollars for a client by simply making a phone call.  This is money that would have been otherwise lost.

So you don’t always need an attorney, but if you have an injury that’s going to take a while to treat with a doctor, you probably do need one.  An experienced Illinois workers' compensation law firm can save you thousands. Even if the reasons for it aren’t obvious to you right away.