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Do I Get A Settlement If I Have A Full Duty Release?

By Mike Helfand on October 5, 2018 Posted in Benefits

A reader clicked on our live chat feature and asked a very good Illinois workers’ compensation question: I have a back injury and was released to full duty. Do I get a settlement? It’s a question we hear a lot. Under Illinois work comp law, pretty much every injury is worth something even if you … Continue Reading

“Settle, Or You Could End Up With Nothing”

By Mike Helfand on May 30, 2018 Posted in Benefits

If you read our blog, you know that we love to point out lawyer lies. I have a good one for you. A woman called me, wanting to know if she should settle her case. She was in a car accident as a passenger at work and sustained a big leg injury. All of her … Continue Reading

How A Knee Injury Case Was Worth $415,000.00 In About Two Years

By Mike Helfand on March 1, 2018 Posted in Benefits

When someone is so severely injured that they can’t work again or can’t return to their old job, it’s usually from a back or neck injury. In some occasions it can be other body parts though. These permanent disability or wage differential cases are the most valuable under Illinois workers’ compensation law and bring the … Continue Reading

I Can’t Believe This Chicago Workers’ Compensation Lawyer Did This

By Mike Helfand on October 23, 2017 Posted in Benefits

Since I will talk to anyone for free, I get a lot of calls and I hear a lot of stories about bad lawyers doing dumb, rude, shady and usually just lazy things. There isn’t much I haven’t heard in 20 years of doing this because most of the complaints we hear about are from … Continue Reading

“How Do I Know What My Case Is Worth?”

By Mike Helfand on December 13, 2016 Posted in Benefits

I get the question, “How do I know what my case is worth?” from callers about once a week and it’s a fair and reasonable question. Some are injured Illinois workers who have a settlement offer, but don’t trust their lawyer and want to know if the settlement their attorney is recommending is a good … Continue Reading