Dental workers are getting sick, is their work environment to cause? According to the CDC, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) may be linked to the dentistry field. So if you are a dentist, dental hygenist or other dental worker in Illinois and you have pulmonary fibrosis, you may have a workers’ compensation case. IPF is a … Continue Reading
The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission has updated the minimum and maximum benefits rates. The Commission provides these updates twice a year. These benefits rates are the upper and lower limits on the amount a person can receive on a weekly basis if he/she is not able to earn their regular wages because of a work … Continue Reading
We are a Chicago injury law firm that helps people with accidents anywhere in Illinois. We are experienced and fight for our clients for whom we get great results. If you’d like our help fill out our contact form or call us at (312) 346-5578 for a free consultation. In over 20 years of being … Continue Reading
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a really serious problem in our country. While it’s most associated with soldiers coming back from war, the truth is that it occurs in civilian jobs too. The most common example is someone who gets robbed at gun point and mentally can not feel comfortable with a return to … Continue Reading
Shady employers cheat the Government and employees by calling their workers independent contractors when they really aren’t. It happens to no profession more than truck drivers. There was a recent court case decided in favor of a truck driver who was told he wasn’t an employee and did a great job of showing why he … Continue Reading
It takes a lot to become an orthopedic doctor. Because those jobs tend to pay so well, many of the best and brightest medical students take those jobs. Most doctors in that practice make hundreds of thousands of dollars a year if not millions. Essentially once you get in to that area of practice you’ll … Continue Reading
There is an Illinois law that says when a worker is injured at work, the company has to fill out an incident report and file it with the State. I can tell you that this law is like speeding five miles over the limit and getting a ticket. It’s a law on the books, but … Continue Reading
We are work injury attorneys in Chicago who cover the entire state of Illinois. We are straight forward, blunt and care about our clients. If you need help with a case or just want to ask a question for free, contact us at any time. In my spare time, I coach soccer and while it … Continue Reading
A caller to our office suffered a really serious shoulder injury that was going to keep her out of work for three months or more following a surgery. She was in physical therapy and making great progress, but got very upset and nervous after receiving a call from an insurance adjuster telling her that she … Continue Reading
We are experienced workers’ compensation attorneys, based out of Chicago, with a state wide network of like minded lawyers so we can help you anywhere in Illinois. We offer honest, blunt advice and treat our clients like family members. If you have a question or want help with a case, fill out our contact form … Continue Reading
In most Illinois worker’ compensation cases, you get hurt at work, get medical care, eventually get better and return to your old job. In some cases though, you don’t get better or your best is no longer good enough to allow you to do your old job. When you have permanent restrictions and your employer … Continue Reading
So many Illinois workers lift things and that leads to a lot of injuries. The back is the most common problem, but a close second is an injury to your shoulder. Not taking care of that shoulder injury could make your life much more difficult than it needs to be. The original injury may not … Continue Reading
A reader asks: I was injured at work while transferring a resident, would I get covered by the workers comp even if I did not use a gait belt? Good question. Generally speaking, you have to follow the rules set forth by your company. But whether or not you have an Illinois work comp case … Continue Reading
A caller asked a good question the other day that’s worth sharing. The question was: I was hurt at work two weeks ago. I haven’t heard anything. By law does my employer have to file the case? Most employers who have insurance have a motivation to report work related injuries. If they wait too long … Continue Reading
It’s not unusual for an employer to call employees independent contractors when they are really employees. They typically do it to avoid payroll taxes and to try to get out of work comp claims. We see this mostly with truck drivers, but it’s not limited to that profession. Recently a Chicago carpenter went through nonsense … Continue Reading
We get contacted all the time by workers who were placed on a job site by a staffing agency and sustained an injury. They are often told that temp workers aren’t covered under the Illinois Work Comp Act. That simply is not true. The minute you start working, you are covered under the law. There … Continue Reading
I will never forget when I tore my rotator cuff in my right shoulder. I had represented scores of people who had this injury, but never truly understood it until then. It happened while playing goalie for an adult soccer team. Like many of the injured workers I’ve helped over the years, I didn’t realize … Continue Reading
When someone is so severely injured that they can’t work again or can’t return to their old job, it’s usually from a back or neck injury. In some occasions it can be other body parts though. These permanent disability or wage differential cases are the most valuable under Illinois workers’ compensation law and bring the … Continue Reading
We represent anyone with an Illinois work injury in any part of the state. We’ve represented athletes, Fortune 500 executives, janitors, teachers, all sorts of laborers, flight attendants, UPS workers, Amazon employees, etc. I can’t think of a profession that we haven’t helped in 20+ years of being a lawyer. But we’ve probably helped more … Continue Reading
Normally when an Illinois work comp attorney does something terrible, it makes me frustrated and I write a blog post as a therapeutic way to vent about while hopefully helping readers learn more about Illinois workers compensation law and how things really work. I had a unique experience recently when a very dumb Chicago workers’ … Continue Reading
The New Year brings resolutions to do things better. In the past month I’ve been called by two different Illinois injured workers whose attorneys told them the same thing. It’s something I’ve never heard before. In both cases the attorney, one in Chicago and one in southern Illinois told the clients that, “I don’t know … Continue Reading
Very rarely am I shocked when I see an Illinois work injury claim denied, but a recent one I read about shocked me. First off a little background. When you have a job, you are given job duties, but in general your job is to do things that benefit your employer. So while my very … Continue Reading
It’s Valentine’s Day. Hopefully you have your own Valentine in your personal life that treats you great. It’s illegal for your work comp lawyer to be romantic with you, but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t show you love year round. They can do that in so many ways: Return your phone calls. Remember what your … Continue Reading
A very frustrated reader commented on one of our posts about how awful Gallagher Bassett was being in their case. They felt that it was personal and quite honestly (and understandably) it was getting the best of them. When you are seriously hurt at work it feels like your life is on the line because … Continue Reading
So many Illinois workers lift things and that leads to a lot of injuries. The back is the most common problem, but a close second is an injury to your shoulder. Not taking care of that shoulder injury could make your life much more difficult than it needs to be. The original injury may not … Continue Reading
I will never forget when I tore my rotator cuff in my right shoulder. I had represented scores of people who had this injury, but never truly understood it until then. It happened while playing goalie for an adult soccer team. Like many of the injured workers I’ve helped over the years, I didn’t realize … Continue Reading
