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We are experienced Illinois workers’ compensation attorneys who will talk to you for free and in confidence about your case. Every year we help over 1,000 injured workers with all sorts of questions and injuries. We get so many great questions from Illinois workers. A lot of those questions come from a place of fear … Continue Reading
Get the best American Airlines workers compensation attorney for your case. Flight attendant and pilot work related injuries. American Airlines work comp legal help. Free consultation. … Continue Reading
One of the best things we do for people who have Illinois workers’ compensation claims is talk them off the ledge. A big injury can be scary. Missing time from work can be scary. A lot of people can be in your ear or make you worry about things you shouldn’t. Beyond that, a lot … Continue Reading
I’ve been blogging about Illinois workers’ compensation law for about 15 years. Somehow I keep on hearing new things that are worth publishing. I would have thought that I’d have run out of things to talk about years ago. Fortunately or unfortunately there are a lot of people doing things that I just can’t believe … Continue Reading
One of the tough things Illinois workers’ compensation lawyers – and probably people in most industries – have to deal with are perceptions that people have that don’t match reality. People read the internet or talk to people who have had work injuries previously and get ideas in their head that just aren’t true. Or … Continue Reading
Every Illinois work injury lawyer wants good cases. What’s a good case? That means a few things to me. First off, the client is a good person and easy to work with. Second is the case isn’t a mess. That means the client isn’t coming to us after a ton of mistakes have been made … Continue Reading
I recently talked to a worker at a large delivery company with a terrible back injury. He hurt himself lifting boxes on the job and eventually got a MRI that showed he has a herniated disc. He has pain shooting down his legs, trouble sleeping and generally speaking feels miserable. I would be very surprised … Continue Reading
Illinois workers’ compensation law is constantly changing. That’s because new cases come out all the time that change how the law is interpreted and applied. And while I wouldn’t say being an Illinois work comp attorney is like being a brain surgeon, it really does take years to learn how to properly handle these cases … Continue Reading
Workers’ compensation law is odd. It’s not like any other area of law because it has so many unique features compared to other practice categories. These aren’t lawsuits. We use Arbitrators not Judges. The burden of proof is unique. The law is constantly changing. Not only that, unlike divorce, traffic or car accidents, the law … Continue Reading
I had a nice conversation with a really sweet nurse who was injured on the job. She’s worked over 20 years without ever filing a workers comp case. But now she hurt her wrist badly and had to file a claim. She told her boss how she hurt the wrist when a patient got violent. … Continue Reading
What do under Illinois work comp law when the IME doctor disagrees with your treating doctor. Free consultation with an experienced work injury attorney out of Chicago.… Continue Reading
We created a state wide network of Illinois work comp attorneys. Our feeling is that there’s no one best lawyer for every case, but rather each case is unique. If you work for United Airlines, we want to make sure the lawyer you hire has taken on cases against them successfully many times in the … Continue Reading
I got a call recently from someone who had been seriously injured on the job. He had an attorney and wanted to know if it was OK to get a second opinion. The first thing he said to me was, “I don’t know if this is the right time or not.” Turns out it was … Continue Reading
If you follow the news, you probably read that last week the CEO of UnitedHealthcare was murdered on the streets of NYC in what appears to be a targeted killing. Before I get into how this relates to Illinois workers’ compensation, let me just get off my chest that it’s gross that this murder is … Continue Reading
Because we are experienced Illinois workers compensation lawyers and because we have a state wide network of great attorneys, people come to us for all sorts of questions. One of the big ones isn’t just, “Who should I hire?” but also, “Should I get a work comp attorney at all?” The God’s honest truth is … Continue Reading
The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission publishes a 25 page handbook. It’s a general guide that helps employees understand their rights if they get hurt at work. It has 11 sections, much of which is great information. Some of it is confusing and I’ve seen it cause some injured workers to make bad decisions. For today, … Continue Reading
I got a call the other day from a really funny injured worker who was hesitant to get a lawyer involved. I asked him why he called after having been dealing with it on his own for the prior months, and he said: “Travelers Insurance is driving me crazy!” I laughed out loud. He had … Continue Reading
If you live in the northern part of Illinois, chances are you get your electricity through Commonwealth Edison, or ComEd for short. ComEd is the state’s largest electric utility. The company employs a significant number of people and is responsible for their safety while at work. There are inherent risks when working for an electric … Continue Reading
Illinois work comp law when the insurance company wants to send you for a second IME. Advice on if you should go and what it means when they do that.… Continue Reading
If you live in or near Chicago, you have probably used the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) to get around. Their trains and buses take hundreds of thousands of people all over not just the City, but 35 suburbs as well. We have helped hundreds of injured CTA workers over the last 27 years and as … Continue Reading
Marijuana is legal in Illinois, but that doesn’t mean your employer can’t drug test you and fire you for testing positive for marijuana or other drugs. Since it was made legal in Illinois, the number of recreational users has of course gone up. One side effect from that is about once a month someone calls … Continue Reading
This is a version of a blog post I write every year around this time. I do it because it’s really important. I’m a big believer that Illinois workers should maximize the benefits they get out of a workers compensation claim. This includes getting the biggest possible settlement for your case. One big caveat. This … Continue Reading
While I always encourage people to stay with their Illinois work comp attorney when it makes sense to, sometimes I talk to an injured worker who clearly has a terrible lawyer and they waffle about switching. It’s like Stockholm Syndrome where the kidnap victim becomes sympathetic to their prisoner. These are things I’ve heard from … Continue Reading
We are experienced Illinois workers’ compensation attorneys who will talk to you for free and in confidence about your case. Every year we help over 1,000 injured workers with all sorts of questions and injuries. We get so many great questions from Illinois workers. A lot of those questions come from a place of fear … Continue Reading
