If you have back pains while on the job, you are not alone: A 2015 study found that nearly 40 million American workers suffer from chronic back pain. That is more than a quarter of the workforce reporting back pain severe enough to affect their ability to work. I can tell you as an Illinois … Continue Reading
A Union pipe fitter in Chicago called me with questions about his back and shoulder injuries. He had been in the trade for over 20 years and while he had never filed a workers’ compensation claim, his body was starting to break down from all of the work. Due to the nature of his job, … Continue Reading
We are lawyers with over 20 years of experience and cover all of Illinois. If you have any questions, call us for a free consult or fill out our contact form and we will call you right away. Your feet work tirelessly day in and day out and are often times one of the most … Continue Reading
We are Chicago work comp attorneys who handle cases all over Illinois. For a free consultation, give us a call, start a live chat or fill out our contact form and we will call you. When people think of the shoulder they generally just think of a ball-and-socket joint made up of the arm bone … Continue Reading
A reader emailed me and asked if her injury was even big enough to file an Illinois workers’ compensation case. In this case it clearly was as she had 20 stitches to her face. A case like that will ultimately have some decent settlement value. It will also likely require some significant medical treatment. The … Continue Reading
If you’ve never had a hernia before, you may not know exactly what it is or may just think of it as a pulled muscle. But a hernia is a bit more serious than that. Put simply, a hernia is a hole in the muscle layer of the abdominal wall. Through that hole, tissue, fat … Continue Reading
We are Chicago attorneys who help people with cases everywhere in Illinois. If you would like our help, fill out our contact form or call us at 312-346-5578 to speak with an attorney for free. It doesn’t happen in a lot of workers’ compensation cases in Illinois, but in some where a worker has a … Continue Reading
Injuries at work are unavoidable. Workers in Illinois and elsewhere get hurt on average every seven seconds. You can do things to try and prevent yourself from getting hurt while lifting. You can use special care while walking on a slippery floor. What workers can’t prepare for are airborne disease and bacteria that they can’t … Continue Reading
I love to run. I’m also a klutz so I get injured a lot. I’ve had problems with my foot, ankle, knee, thigh, calf, hamstring and back, all from running. It sounds like I need a new hobby, but I’m addicted to exercise. Whenever I’ve gone to a doctor about the problems I get the … Continue Reading
We are Illinois workers’ compensation lawyers who give direct, honest advice, for free. We’ve helped over 10,000 people in the last 20 years and would be happy to help you. Fill out our contact form, start a chat or give us a call in order to speak with an experienced lawyer. The shoulder consists of … Continue Reading
Lyme disease is no joke. It can take an otherwise healthy and active person and make them lethargic. Most start with a simple rash, but some suffer from severe headaches, neck stiffness, muscle pain, facial palsy, heart palpitations, dizziness and shortness of breath. In the worst cases you can have a brain injury that could … Continue Reading
Happy 4th! Hopefully you don’t have to work today. We are open via our answering service or contact form if you want to talk to an attorney. In the meantime, here are the top 10 4th of July injuries I’ve seen in my 20+ years as a work comp lawyer. Fireworks accidents. You’d expect this. … Continue Reading
I’m a fairly casual NFL fan. I know most of the Bears players and many of the “star” players on other teams, but certainly don’t know of most of the role players. I’d never heard of Michael Roberts before the other day. Last year he was a tight end with the Detroit Lions. I became … Continue Reading
While Illinois work comp laws are very friendly to the worker, one of the truest things about them are that if your injury is due to the repetitive nature of your job, the insurance company is going to try and look for a way to fight your case even if it’s painfully obvious that the … Continue Reading
Many Illinois work comp cases are denied without reason. They will say you have a pre-existing condition or that you were hurt away from the job. One of the hardest cases for an insurance company to deny is a burn injury. The reason it’s hard for them to deny these cases is that a burn … Continue Reading
Most Illinois work injuries happen to your back, arm, hands, legs, feet, head or neck. But not every work accident fits nicely into a traditional box and just because it’s not typical, does not mean it’s not a case. Under Illinois law, any injury that develops from a work related injury, is also a part … Continue Reading
Illinois work comp law is pretty worker friendly, but not every injury that happens while you are working is a case. For example, if you are walking down the hallway and your leg buckles for no reason or if you faint, it’s typically not a claim because nothing about the job increased your risk of … Continue Reading
It’s official: The most common cause of workplace injury is working too hard. Okay, perhaps that is an extreme way to put it, but records continuously show through the years that the most common cause of workplace injury is overexertion. Overexertion includes tasks involving repetitive motion, which in turn, can temporarily, or even permanently, injure … Continue Reading
Last month, a truck driver was awarded $21,600,000.00 in a lawsuit that stemmed from him falling off his truck, hitting his head and getting a traumatic brain injury (TBI). How is this possible? This case happened because it wasn’t just a workers’ compensation case and his lawyers did a great job of identifying that not … Continue Reading
Though they are small, almost everything you do with your legs requires your knees. We use them to bend and straighten, which we need for standing, walking, crouching, jumping, lifting and turning. Yet, for such a tiny part of the body, the knee is prone to a large variety of aches, pains and injuries that … Continue Reading
It’s logical that if you hurt one arm, you’ll use the other arm more or if you injure one leg, you’ll favor the other. It’s also logical that when you do that, the healthy body part might get injured too. When this happens after you are hurt on the job in Illinois, you likely have … Continue Reading
We are Chicago based workers compensation lawyers who help with claims anywhere in Illinois through our state wide network. If you just have questions or want help with a case, call us for FREE any time at 312-346-5578 or fill out our contact form and we will call you….. For electricians, knowledge means safety so … Continue Reading
If you have ever bumped your elbow and felt a tingling down your arm, you have hit your “funny bone.” However, anyone who has hit this area knows there really isn’t anything funny about it. Interestingly enough, the “funny bone” isn’t even a bone. Actually, it is a nerve trapped between the elbow bone running … Continue Reading
While we are workers’ compensation lawyers for Illinois, we do try to help our clients/callers with any injury issues they have. That’s part of delivering good customer service. It’s also our job as lawyers to analyze every possible issue. So while I don’t personally handle medical malpractice cases, if I suspect someone might have a … Continue Reading
If you have back pains while on the job, you are not alone: A 2015 study found that nearly 40 million American workers suffer from chronic back pain. That is more than a quarter of the workforce reporting back pain severe enough to affect their ability to work. I can tell you as an Illinois … Continue Reading
