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For most injured Illinois workers, you get to choose your own physician if you get hurt on the job. If you don’t like that one you have a right to a second opinion. The work comp insurance company has to pay for both of these medical providers as long as the treatment is reasonable and … Continue Reading
We are Illinois work comp attorneys who care about our clients. Call us at 888-705-1766 to speak with a lawyer for free any time, or fill out our contact form. Often in workers’ compensation claims, things happen that don’t seem to make sense or seem like they might be against the law. Often that is … Continue Reading
Under Illinois workers’ compensation law, the amount you get paid for your time off work and your settlement is based on your average weekly wage (AWW). If you make $20 an hour and work 40 hours a week, your average weekly wage is $800. It’s not usually complicated. If you are salaried, we divide your … Continue Reading
Most people we talk to about their Illinois work injuries will at some point have questions about a settlement. Here are some questions we’ve received recently that were great and we think people would want to know about. Is the first settlement offer ever the best offer? When insurance companies make settlement offers in work … Continue Reading
We are experienced workers’ compensation lawyers who will talk to you for free. Call us at in confidence at 888-705-1766 any time or fill out our contact form. One question I occasionally like to ask is what is something that is well known by Illinois work comp attorneys that their clients don’t know. There is … Continue Reading
Without a doubt, the most common question we get is, “What is my case worth?” Some people want to know that out of curiosity. Others want to see if it will be worth it. A few want to make plans to spend the money. Some feel better by knowing there will be compensation in the … Continue Reading
While it’s not the worst part of the Covid pandemic, Illinois workers’ compensation claims have been affected in many ways due to Coronavirus. I’m not talking about people who got Covid at work. We are able to help most of them. I’m talking about people who have been unable to get medical care after a … Continue Reading
Under Illinois work comp law, you are never going to get a windfall of money, even if you have a major injury. So how did a worker doing construction on a CTA job site end up with $12 million for a back injury that left him paralyzed from the waist down? While doing his job, … Continue Reading
The amount you get paid for being off work from a work injury in Illinois or for a settlement is based on your average weekly wage. In general, you get 2/3 of your wage, tax free, for the time that you are unable to work due to being injured on the job. There are maximum … Continue Reading
We are experienced Illinois workers’ compensation attorneys who will talk to you for free about your case. Call us any time at 888-705-1766. We cover all of Illinois. Vocational rehabilitation does not occur in most work comp cases. It happens when injured workers have permanent restrictions that can not be accommodated by their employer. A … Continue Reading
We are experienced Illinois work comp attorneys who care about our clients. If you would like a a free consultation, call us at 888-705-1766 or fill out our contact form and we will call you By far the most popular questions we get from injured Illinois workers have to do with settling their case. Whether … Continue Reading
By far the most common question an Illinois injured worker has is what can I expect for a settlement of my case? The answer depends on so many things. I get this question a lot when someone has been recently injured or is in the middle of their treatment. For those people, the answer is, … Continue Reading
So here’s an interesting story, at least as far as Illinois work comp law goes. This really nice guy called me after getting a back injury at work. He’s done EVERYTHING right. He reported the accident right away. He got medical treatment right away. He told the doctor he was hurt at work. He has … Continue Reading
A common call for us to get goes something like this: “I was injured at work in Chicago two years ago. I went to the ER and told them I was hurt at work. The other day I get a collection notice as it turns out my employer never paid the bill. I don’t work … Continue Reading
You’ve reached an Illinois work injury law firm who are happy to talk to you for free and in confidence about your case. You can fill out our contact form, start a chat or call us at 888-705-1766 to speak with an attorney. I had an online chat with someone recently who asked a good … Continue Reading
If you are injured at work, your workers’ compensation doctor will have a very big impact on your workers’ compensation claim. Your doctor will greatly influence: What kind of treatment you should receive. How long you should be off of work. How your injury will affect you for years down the road. Now, remember that … Continue Reading
When it comes to Illinois workers’ compensation law, one thing we notice is that when you see a weird defense to cases going on, if you see it one case, you’ll see it on a lot of others. Essentially, insurance companies throw strategies against the wall and hope that it sticks. There is one defense … Continue Reading
It’s been a month for getting asked questions I’d never heard in 20 plus years of being an Illinois workers’ compensation attorney. The latest was from a nurse who got Covid working in a Chicago hospital. She unfortunately has a bad case and appears to have some long term heart damage. The twist, in this … Continue Reading
If you are injured on the job in Illinois, your employer has the right to send you for a drug test. It’s one of the biggest bullshit rights that employers and insurance companies have. I say that because what often happens, is a worker tests positive, gets their benefits denied, and then is forced into … Continue Reading
One of the biggest mistakes an attorney can make is to think that they’ve seen it all or heard it all. I’m heading in to my 24th year of practice and while I’ve heard most of it, I still hear crazy stories every week. And of course the law is constantly changing from court decisions. … Continue Reading
We are Illinois work comp attorneys who will answer whatever questions you have or if needed, discuss representing you on your case. We are straight forward, blunt and care about our clients. One thing I find helpful to blog about is good questions that I get from readers. One recently called and wanted to know … Continue Reading
A lien is fancy legal talk for the right to take some of your property until you pay off a debt you are owed. It’s typically associated with a lien on a house by a builder. Basically it prevents you from selling the property until the debt is paid. With personal injury cases, health care … Continue Reading
Illinois workers’ compensation cases are often a reflection of many things going on in society in general. One of those sadly is when it comes to opioids and their abuse. This has been a growing problem in the US and one we are seeing more and more when it comes to Illinois work comp cases. … Continue Reading
This has been one of the craziest news weeks ever. Lost in the shuffle was a report that about 20,000 Amazon workers have been diagnosed with Covid. That is of course a very large number and includes workers at Whole Foods as well as warehouses. It’s certainly possible that many of them got Coronavirus from … Continue Reading
For most injured Illinois workers, you get to choose your own physician if you get hurt on the job. If you don’t like that one you have a right to a second opinion. The work comp insurance company has to pay for both of these medical providers as long as the treatment is reasonable and … Continue Reading
