What is my Illinois workers compensation case worth? What should I get for my workmans comp claim. TTD payments Chicago, wage differential, permanent disability law Illinois.
What happens in an Illinois workers comp case after you are MMI? When will the case settle? What if you don't have a job to return to?… Continue Reading
What to do when your Illinois work comp benefits are delayed without good reason by the insurance company.… Continue Reading
Can Sedgwick or any other insurance company just close your workers compensation case? Typically no. Free case review with an attorney.… Continue Reading
Sometimes settling an Illinois workers compensation case is a bad idea. Learn when to settle and when getting an offer is not in your best interests.… Continue Reading
Pain and suffering and the Illinois Workers Compensation Act. What you need to know as an injured worker. Free consultation.… Continue Reading
Illinois workers compensation when your doctor says you can't work and the IME doctor says that you can.… Continue Reading
A very nice woman who works a very repetitive, intense job contacted us recently. She had bilateral (both hands) carpal tunnel surgery as well as some other issues from her job in Illinois. Her case actually had gone seemingly well. They paid for 100% of her medical bills and all of her time off of … Continue Reading
I have been an Illinois workers comp attorney for 26 years and rarely get shocked, but it happens. When it does it’s usually when an injured worker calls me and tells me something that their attorney, the insurance company or their employer is doing. Boy did I hear a doozy recently. An injured worker with … Continue Reading
By far the number one question we get from injured Illinois workers has to do with what their case is worth. We get this question in a lot of different ways including from people who want to something like how long will it take until work comp makes me a settlement offer? The answer depends … Continue Reading
When you get injured while working, to win a case you have to be able to prove that your injuries and need for treatment are related to the job accident. In some cases this is straight forward. For example, if you get hit by a forklift at work and break your leg, it’s pretty obvious … Continue Reading
We are Illinois workers compensation attorneys who help people understand their rights. This includes explaining certain work comp related events such as work hardening. What is work hardening? Work hardening is a form of occupational therapy. It is a highly individualized, job-specific program designed to get an injured worker who cannot work at full capacity … Continue Reading
While every Illinois workers compensation case is different, there are certain factors that we look into when we give you a free consultation that will help us determine if you have a case that we or any other lawyer would want to pursue. One of these factors is how long did it take you to … Continue Reading
If you’ve been injured at work, you may find, even after your injury has healed, that you don’t have the same strength or endurance that you used to. This is a common situation. After all, doctors often tell patients to rest their bodies or injured body parts while recuperating. So it’s not surprising that some … Continue Reading
Some employers are the worst. There’s a factory just south of Chicago that would fit that description. The story I was told by one of their employees was that he hurt his shoulder while working on a machine. Nobody disputes that. When he talked to his boss about it, he was told the company protocol … Continue Reading
A caller to my office hurt her knee while working. It seems like a very compensable case, but she’s not been paid her TTD benefits for three months even though the insurance company is paying her medical bills. She’s owed that money but isn’t getting it because insurance companies play games. She had been thinking … Continue Reading
About once a month or so, we get a call from an injured worker who thinks they are contacting the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission. We politely let them know that we are a law firm, but also ask what the issue is to see if we can help them solve it. While we’ve heard all … Continue Reading
When you are injured at work in Illinois and it’s a workers’ compensation case, all of you medical bills should be paid. That means 100%, with no co-pays or out of pocket expenses. This is true as long as your treatment is related to your injury and your treatment is reasonable. That means that it … Continue Reading
When you file an Illinois workers’ compensation claim with the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, your case gets assigned to an Arbitrator. This Arbitrator is essentially your Judge as there aren’t jury trials in the work comp system. Every 90 days or so, your case will be up on his monthly status call. At this time … Continue Reading
I had a consultation with an injured Chicago worker recently. She was direct and to the point which I loved because that’s how I am. Here’s the first thing she said to me: I want to close my case. I’m sick of this and want it to be over. As you can tell, she was … Continue Reading
Here’s something we hear a lot from people calling us with Illinois workers’ compensation questions. My case is closed, but I’m still in pain. Is there anything I can do? The answer depends on what you mean by closed. The only real closure of a case is if you wait too long to file the … Continue Reading
We are Illinois workers compensation attorneys who have been helping injured firefighters since 1997. If you would like a free, confidential consultation, please contact us any time at 888-705-1766. The law treats almost every worker in Illinois the same when they are injured while working. By that, I mean that it could be your first … Continue Reading
