How to win an Illinois workers compensation trial and lessons from how I lost my very first trial ever.
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When you hire an Illinois workers’ compensation attorney, no matter what your case facts are about, everyone signs the same contract with the lawyer. That is because every Illinois workers’ compensation case is required to use the same attorney representation agreement. It gets filed with the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission when your case is officially … Continue Reading
Best Illinois workers compensation lawyer for cervical myelopathy. Chicago neck injury attorney for accidents on the job. How to win a work comp case and what a cervical myelopathy claim is worth.… Continue Reading
How to find a doctor who will provide care for injured workers in their workers compensation claim. Best Illinois doctors for work injuries, hear what top work comp lawyers in Chicago think.… Continue Reading
When do Illinois workers' compensation death benefits start after someone is killed on the job and what benefits can you receive under the Illinois workers compensation act?
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How to get an estimate of what your Illinois workers' compensation claim is worth.… Continue Reading
Best Illinois workers compensation lawyers for delivery drivers injured on the job. UPS work injury attorneys. FedEx work comp attorney, top Chicago work injury law firm. Free consultation.… Continue Reading
If you have never been hurt on the job before and suddenly can not work due to injury, you will likely have a lot questions. Among those can be: And a lot of people want to know when their first check is going to arrive. This is a sensible question for a lot of reasons. … Continue Reading
Nerve entrapment syndrome (also called a “pinched nerve” or “compressed nerve”) happens when a nerve is squeezed, pinched or stretched. This pressure interferes with the nerve’s ability to send proper signals, causing symptoms like numbness or tingling (like the body part has “fallen asleep”); burning pain; sharp, shooting pain; and muscle weakness. If you’ve developed … Continue Reading
A lot of people contact us after having communicated with other attorneys about their case. I can usually tell when the other lawyer only dabbles in Illinois workers’ compensation cases, because the longer the call last, the more that I hear that is wrong. Simply put, it is not unusual for inexperienced or bad Illinois … Continue Reading
Man, I rarely get shocked by the terrible performance of some Illinois workers’ compensation attorneys, but boy was I stunned recently. An injured worker with a very big company had a major leg injury before they started their job. They were able to work the heavy duty job for about six months and then a … Continue Reading
What to do if your workers compensation benefits get stopped without reason. Find an attorney to get your benefits approved, aggressive Illinois workers compensation help.
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Illinois workers' compensation help for box truck drivers who have hurt their back or sustained other injuries on the job. Free advice from a top Chicago work injury law firm.… Continue Reading
Probably the best thing about this job is that I get to talk to so many great people. There is so much nonsense out there in the media, and our country is so divided. But then you talk to salt of the earth people, and it is just a great reminder that most people just … Continue Reading
Hurt on the job? When will the insurance company make a settlement offer? What is your case worth? When is a good time to settle your case and when is a bad time?… Continue Reading
One of the basic principles of Illinois workers’ compensation law is that your work comp benefits cover the injury and anything that stems from it. So if you hurt your leg and have to use crutches, if that crutch use causes an elbow injury, that is all part of the same case. If you hurt … Continue Reading
There are a variety of reasons an insurance company might deny an Illinois workers’ compensation case. Some are legit and some are nonsense. They include: A recent caller who works for a big box retailer experienced a new reason for denying a case and when I say it is total nonsense, it is so bogus … Continue Reading
Another NFL season is upon us. Hopefully the Bears can build off last season’s success and actually make the Super Bowl for the first time in two decades. The reality though as that they and most teams are one injury away from a busted season. If Caleb gets hurt, it’s over. Look what happened to … Continue Reading
When people call me and hear my voice, they think they are talking to a young attorney. I have heard many times that I sound very young. In fact, I became a lawyer in 1997 and am in my 50’s. I don’t feel that old and writing it seems a little weird, but I digress. … Continue Reading
We got a call from an electrician who was working on a ladder, fell off and shattered his heel. Ordinarily it would be a great case and one that we could help with. The problem in this instance is that he is a self employed contractor. The company is just him and he does not … Continue Reading
While there is so much important advice we can give to an injured Illinois worker, right at the top is do not settle your case too soon. When you settle, it cuts off your benefits and ends the case for good. About five years ago, we got called by a person whose Illinois attorney was … Continue Reading
What happens to the workers' compensation claims at Tyson Foods in Joslin Illinois now that they are closing their plant?… Continue Reading
Shoulder replacement and Illinois workers compensation lawyers near me. Find the best Illinois work comp attorney for a major shoulder injury. Free case review.… Continue Reading
I recently had a phone call from an injured worker. He had actually already settled his workers’ compensation case, but wanted to sue Gallagher Bassett. He is also on social security and said that the insurance company did something in the contract that caused him to lose six years of benefits. I had some thoughts … Continue Reading
