We are Chicago-based workers’ compensation attorneys who handle cases all over Illinois with our statewide network of attorneys. If you would like a free consultation with an honest, experienced attorney please contact us at 312-346-5578. We promise to treat you in the same manner we would a family member or friend. Workers’ compensation insurance companies … Continue Reading
I get along with most of the insurance adjusters I’ve talked to over the years. The lawyers I work with on cases throughout Illinois are the same way. If you act like an asshole to the insurance company they will just punish your clients. So we are nice in most situations and let the legal … Continue Reading
Most of the shady moves in Illinois workers’ compensation cases happen by insurance companies. They’ll do things like deny your medical benefits without a reason, send a nurse case manager to your doctor’s appointments, or lie and say the case is “under investigation” with the hopes that you will just go away. Some employers can … Continue Reading
Under the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act, if you are injured on the job you are entitled to reasonable and necessary medical care that is related to your work injury. In other words, getting physical therapy for a work related back injury would be reasonable and necessary. They’d have to pay for 100% of it at … Continue Reading
With Covid finally under control, the airline industry is booming. The last year has had people on edge and also emboldened some people to behave like assholes. As a result, passenger problems on airlines are increasing. How much? From April 8 to May 15, Southwest reported 477 passenger incidents. That’s a crazy high number. I … Continue Reading
If you are hurt while working on the job, the first and best piece of advice I give is to go to a doctor. It doesn’t require a law degree to tell people that. It’s mostly common sense. If you are hurting, you get help. From a legal standpoint, you can’t prove you are really … Continue Reading
I don’t usually get questions I haven’t heard before, but it happens. A reader of my blog contacted me with a question I haven’t been asked in my 24 years of being a workers’ compensation lawyer. He wanted to know: If my employer wants me to go back to work after a work related injury, … Continue Reading
The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act provides for a bunch of benefits that have to be provided and one benefit that can be provided but doesn’t have to. In simpler terms, if you are hurt at work in Illinois, your employer has to be for your time off of work and 100% of your medical care. … Continue Reading
Illinois workers’ compensation laws are some of the most worker friendly ones in the country and still fair to employers and insurance companies who make billions off of these cases every year. When it comes to border states like Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri and especially Indiana, you’d be way better off having your case in Illinois … Continue Reading
When you are hurt on the job in Illinois, you are entitled to have all of your medical care to be paid and 2/3 of your pay, tax-free, for your time off of work. These are really important benefits because if you are injured, immediate medical care can be the difference between a short-term and … Continue Reading
We are experienced Illinois work injury attorneys. Contact us for a free consultation at any time. Stick with me on this one. I have the best dog. She’s so fun and loving. She also gets really active and excited. We were at a park recently and I was in flip flops and she was running … Continue Reading
We are experienced Illinois work comp attorneys who fight for our clients. Contact us for free to speak with a lawyer any time. We cover all of Illinois. Are you a machinist or metalworker in Illinois? You are surely aware that a risk of injury comes with your occupation. Despite intensive training, advanced safeguards, and … Continue Reading
We are experienced work injury attorneys who will talk to you for free. Call us at 888-705-1766 or fill out our contact form and we will call you. All calls are confidential. We get a lot of calls and emails from people who are not happy with their lawyers. Some just have questions. Some want … Continue Reading
We are Chicago workers’ compensation lawyers who with our state-wide network, handle cases everywhere in Illinois. We’ll talk to anyone for free and in confidence. You can contact us any time at 888-705-1766. We love to answer questions and help people. We get so many good questions that I thought it would be a good … Continue Reading
We are all excited that Illinois is open again and while Covid might not be all the way behind us, it does feel like there is light at the end of the tunnel. If you are in Chicago, you can tell things are getting better. The Loop and public transportation are getting busier. Many restaurants … Continue Reading
A statement I hear a lot from injured workers is that “I’m not the suing type.” That’s alright because Illinois workers’ compensation claims aren’t lawsuits, they are claims for benefits you are entitled to. So just like you wouldn’t feel bad using your company’s health insurance if you or a family member got sick, you … Continue Reading
We are experienced Chicago workers’ compensation attorneys who will talk to you for free about your work injury case. We have a state-wide network of aggressive attorneys who care about their clients. Call us at 312-346-5578 for a free consultation. One of the hallmarks of Illinois work comp law is that you can’t sue your … Continue Reading
There is a big update for Cook County injured workers as of today. This morning, hearings for workers’ compensation cases in Chicago have moved from the Thompson Center to across the street at the Daley Center. The Daley Center is the main courthouse in Chicago and is located at 50 W. Washington. It’s a bit … Continue Reading
Some of the best Illinois work comp topics we blog about come from great questions we get from injured workers. We aren’t always thinking about what you are thinking about and many of the questions we get are inspiring. Take this recent one on independent medical examinations (“IME”). How many IME’s do I have to … Continue Reading
We are experienced Chicago work comp attorneys who will talk to you for free and in confidence about any Illinois work comp case. Fill out our contact form or call us at 888-705-1766. We have a state-wide network of lawyers so we can help anywhere in IL. Injured workers in Illinois are usually very curious … Continue Reading
Insurance companies lie. That’s not a shocking statement or a defamatory one. They aren’t looking out for you, they are looking out for themselves. Is everything they say a lie? No. Are most things they say not true? Usually not. But they lie or don’t tell the whole truth all the time. The latest whopper … Continue Reading
The most important thing to know about settling just about any Illinois workers’ compensation case is that once it’s over, it’s over. By that I mean when you get a settlement, it almost always means that your work comp benefits are over. If you need more medical care from your accident, that’s on you. If … Continue Reading
While you obviously don’t want to get hurt at work, if you do, you certainly want to make a great medical recovery For most workers, after treatment they will return to their normal job and move on with their lives. For others though they won’t make a full recovery. When that happens and your doctor … Continue Reading
We are Illinois work injury attorneys who fight for our clients. To speak with a lawyer for free, fill out our confidential contact form or call us at 888-705-1766. The phrenic nerve starts as a single nerve in the neck and splits into two parts, designated left and right. It is one of the most … Continue Reading
We are Chicago-based workers’ compensation attorneys who handle cases all over Illinois with our statewide network of attorneys. If you would like a free consultation with an honest, experienced attorney please contact us at 312-346-5578. We promise to treat you in the same manner we would a family member or friend. Workers’ compensation insurance companies … Continue Reading
