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Jan 14, 2019 | Illinois Workers' Comp Info, Workers' Comp Blog
“Alexa, Do I need a lawyer? I was injured at work. Google workers’ comp in Illinois.” The year is 2019, and you might ask Alexa or Google every question you have, but if those are your questions, I suggest calling an attorney for a free... Jan 11, 2019 | Illinois Workers' Comp Info, Workers' Comp Blog
Workers’ Comp in Illinois: Five Quick Things to Know 1. Even if your case goes smoothly / is all paid for, there are many reasons to at least talk to a lawyer, the first one being that the insurance company will never offer you as much money as the case is... Dec 26, 2017 | Illinois Workers' Comp Info
When Should You Hire an Attorney for a Workers’ Compensation Case? You should at least TALK TO AN ATTORNEY as soon as possible. The main reason? Basic guidance every step of the way, and no attorney fees until and unless we collect for you at the end of your... Mar 3, 2017 | Illinois Workers' Comp Info
One of the most important aspects of your workers’ comp case is your medical care. Your health is the first and most important thing we want to make sure has our full support. We want our clients to get the full medical care needed for their injuries, however... Mar 1, 2017 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
If you’re injured while doing some type of recreational or voluntary activity at work, depending on the circumstances, you could have a workers’ compensation case! Here’s a look at a recent case involving a “voluntary” game of basketball:... Feb 24, 2017 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
If the act of bending over to perform a task is a risk distinctly associated with your job duties, and doing so leads to an injury, you could have a winning workers’ comp case! Here’s a look at a recent hard-fought case with this issue: Mark Mytnik worked... Feb 23, 2017 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
Here’s a very interesting case filed under Illinois’ Workers’ Occupational Diseases Act: June 2012: Kevin Clayton Jr. started working as an officer for Pontiac Correctional Center. July 2012: He had a negative skin test for tuberculosis (TB). His... Feb 22, 2017 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
If you are injured at work while doing something that: A.) Your employer might reasonably expect you to do to fulfill job duties, and B.) Exposes you to a risk of injury greater than that of the general public, then you have a chance to win a workers’ comp... Feb 21, 2017 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
If you are permanently and totally disabled due to a work injury, and your lawyer is able to demonstrate your inability to find employment, then you have some hope under the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act. Let’s take a quick look at a recent case... Feb 20, 2017 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
An interesting work injury problem is when it isn’t clear if a worker has a neck injury or a shoulder/arm injury. Injuries to these two body parts often result in very similar symptoms, and it can take time for doctors to sort things out. Here is a quick recap... Feb 17, 2017 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
If you are injured while on your break at work, it is possible for you to have a winning workers’ comp case. Here’s a quick recap of a recent slip and fall Illinois case: Leszek Janiszewski worked as an employee for Idea Furniture. His normal workday... Dec 21, 2016 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
A recent case demonstrates how the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission calculates permanent partial disability. In Mark Schrubbe v. Southern Wine & Spirits, Mr. Schrubbe worked as a driver who delivered wine and spirits. He would remove orders from... Dec 19, 2016 | Illinois Workers' Comp Info
If the insurance company sends you a letter and claims you are required to attend an exam with their doctor, do you have to go? In a word: Yes. Your employer will both select and pay for this doctor to examine you to give an opinion regarding the nature and extent of... Dec 14, 2016 | Illinois Workers' Comp Info
How long do you have to file a work injury claim in Illinois? The very first requirement, which is limited by time following your injury, is the giving of notice to your employer within 45 days. Sometimes, but not always, employers refuse to take an accident... Dec 8, 2016 | Illinois Workers' Comp Info
If you’re hurt at work, and instructed not to return to work by a doctor or hospital, when will you get a check from the insurance company? Under the statute, which is called the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act, the insurance company would have 14 days... Dec 7, 2016 | Illinois Workers' Comp Info
How do you find out your employer’s workers’ compensation insurance company? There are several ways you may find out: Legally, your employer is required to post somewhere in the workplace where employees gather a poster indicating the name, address and... Dec 1, 2016 | Illinois Workers' Comp Info
Who will pay your medical expenses if you’re injured on the job? Your employer or its insurance carrier is obligated by the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act to pay all medical expenses that are reasonably required to relieve and cure you from the effects... Nov 4, 2016 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
If you have a pre-existing condition, can you get workers’ comp benefits? Yes, you can. In the recent Illinois case of Sandra Johnson-Clemons v. Rush University Medical Center, this issue was raised. As in many cases, the specific evidence offered was key to... Oct 26, 2016 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
Can you get workers’ compensation for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)? Yes, you can. Such cases are known as repetitive trauma work injuries. You can get workers’ comp if you can: Properly document your job duties. Have a qualified doctor provide a... Oct 24, 2016 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
If you slip and fall at work, can you get workers’ comp benefits? The short answer: Yes. The more complete answer: Yes, but it depends on certain key factors. One very important key is the ability to prove the facts that are claimed by the injured worker. The... Oct 14, 2016 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
I was recently talking to a friend of mine who told me that he got into an argument with a landlord about the stairs leading to his porch. They were, in his words, “the most uneven stairs on this green earth.” He was sure someone was going to break their neck. But, he... Oct 13, 2016 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
What happens if you’re attacked on the job? Can you get workers’ compensation benefits? The answer to this question depends on a number of different facts. The aggressor may be someone that the employee is exposed to by reason of the employment: Either... Oct 3, 2016 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
You work in a cafeteria. Your job involves reaching out and up, and even standing on your toes, to place a very light plate of food onto a glass partition. One day, while doing this, you hear a pop in your shoulder, and feel pain. Obvious work injury case, right?... Jul 18, 2016 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
An Illinois workers’ compensation case can be strongly affected by a positive drug test, and for obvious reasons. When a person is under the influence of any drug, performance can be affected in the areas of reaction time, judgment, coordination, vision, and... Jun 7, 2016 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
If you are injured at work through repetitive trauma, or, in other words, the act of repeating some action or actions which lead to physical problems, you may be entitled to benefits under the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act. “Repetition is... May 17, 2016 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
If your workers’ compensation claim ends, sometimes, it really isn’t over yet. It depends on the exact circumstances of your situation. One way this happens is when a condition at least in part causally related to your work injury ends up causing you serious medical... May 3, 2016 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
In an Illinois work injury case, one of the more complicated things that can happen is for there to be, before a case resolves, a second accident (or intervening accident) that is not work related—such as a car accident completely outside of work—which may or may not... Apr 29, 2016 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
One of the most difficult workers’ comp cases is the “mental-mental” case, in which an injured worker sustains psychological injuries as a result of non-physical work-related factors, as discussed in a prior post (“Mental-Mental Injuries”). A recently... Apr 28, 2016 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
When you have 45 years of experience handling Illinois work injury and personal injury cases, you have heard about every kind of injury and mechanism of injury possible, and yet, there are always new ways I hear of injuries happening every day. A recent Illinois... Apr 27, 2016 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
In Illinois workers’ compensation, two of the more difficult cases involve slip and fall injuries and/or traveling employee injuries: For a slip and fall case, one key is that you have to be able to prove that the injured worker was exposed to a risk greater than the... Apr 4, 2016 | Illinois Workers' Comp Info
In Illinois workers’ compensation, no two cases are exactly the same. However, when two cases have similar elements and different outcomes—one a winner for the injured worker, the other a loser—it is always interesting to study the differences between them. ... Apr 1, 2016 | Illinois Workers' Comp Info
While almost all city of Chicago workers are covered under the Illinois Worker’s Compensation Act, there are exceptions. City of Chicago employees who are not covered: Police officers Firefighters (Note: Disfigurement is covered, but everything else is not. I... Mar 18, 2016 | Illinois Workers' Comp Info, Workers' Compensation News
A construction worker fell 53 stories, struck a moving car, and died in downtown Los Angeles yesterday, as reported by CNN. It was only his second day on the job. Beyond how horrible and tragic such an event must be for the deceased worker’s family and friends, this... Mar 10, 2016 | Illinois Workers' Comp Info
Today, I had the opportunity to respond to a question of a prospective client regarding his amputated finger suffered in a work injury. He wondered if he would receive an offer of some kind, eventually. The answer is the workers’ compensation insurance company... Feb 17, 2016 | Illinois Workers' Comp Info
I have a suspicion about the most common mistake people make after they have Illinois work injuries: They don’t even get one single free consultation with an attorney. That’s right. The reason I cannot prove it is because I believe these people never call me. The... Jan 13, 2016 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
An injured worker’s average weekly wage is one of the most important issues in a workers’ compensation claim. It dictates how much the injured worker will receive for temporary total disability payments (TTD), and what the permanent partial disability... Jan 5, 2016 | Illinois Workers' Comp Info
In the case of Tommy Oliver v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, Mr. Oliver was working as a pile driver for Rausch Construction on July 19, 2011 at a work site located at Belmont Harbor, which is on the shore of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois. He stated... Dec 31, 2015 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
The short answer is yes. In the recent decision of the Appellate Court, in the case of The City of Bridgeport v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, it was determined that the surviving spouse of an employee of the City was indeed entitled to... Dec 11, 2015 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
In the case of Bolingbrook Police Department v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, a police officer named Michael Toles injured his back on February 17, 2009, while lifting his duty bag from a location at his personal residence into his personal vehicle, prior... Oct 19, 2015 | Illinois Workers' Comp Info
You can find a lot of information and advice on what TO do. This post will focus on what NOT to do, and some of the reasons why. 1.) DO NOT work through the pain instead of reporting it right away. If you do this, at least a few main problems are created down the... Oct 12, 2015 | Illinois Workers' Comp Info
On July 22, 2014, an arbitration decision on a case was filed with the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission in Chicago, Illinois, in the case of Elizabeth Ray, the employee, v. Apostolic Christian Skylines, the employer. The employer disputed the issue of... Oct 9, 2015 | Illinois Workers' Comp Info
On March 10, 2015, the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission decided the case of Betancourt, Petitioner, v. Oxy Dry Corporation, Respondent. This decision affirmed the decision of the arbitrator, in almost all aspects of the original decision. There was... Oct 5, 2015 | Illinois Workers' Comp Info
The Illinois Worker’s Compensation Act provides, under section 1(a)4, that employers may borrow or loan employees. Most of the companies that engage in this practice operate as staffing companies, or temp services. Some are labor companies, where employees are... Sep 21, 2015 | Illinois Workers' Comp Info
On November 19, 2013, an arbitrator filed his decision with the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission in the case of Susan Bidstrup, the injured worker, versus her employer, Northern Illinois University. The arbitrator ruled that on September 4, 2012, the... Aug 17, 2015 | Illinois Workers' Comp Info
In the state of Illinois, normally, an injured worker has three (3) years from the date of injury to file a workers’ compensation claim at the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, or two (2) years from last date of payment of benefits, whichever is later. ... Jul 27, 2015 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
When an injured employee’s work-related accident results in a permanent disability, the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act allows various options in terms of the benefits available. Depending on the severity of the injury and the consequences thereof, both physical... Jul 20, 2015 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act was enacted to provide a flow of benefits to compensate injured workers for lost wages and the loss of earning capacity in exchange for a bar on certain liabilities of employers. Included in this remedial legislation is a... Jul 10, 2015 | Case Law News, Illinois Workers' Comp Info
Employers beware. Underreporting the number of workers employed allowed an insurance company for an Illinois employer to rescind the workers’ compensation policy of a construction company. On July 7, 2015, the Illinois Appellate Court Fourth District handed down a... 
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