Worker's Compensation

You were injured at work in Illinois. If this is the case, you can get a free consultation at our office. In other instances, workers' compensation might already be paying you benefits, but they are underpaying you. They could be approving your treatment, but it is with a doctor that you do not want. Maybe you tried to handle it yourself, but workers' compensation is denying your work injury completely. We can tell you what your Illinois workers' compensation rights are, and if we can help you. We have helped thousands of others like you over the years. Your employer always has a workers' compensation attorney on their side, and you can call to put our experience to work on yours.

Normally, you have three years from the date of your Illinois work injury within which you must file a claim. Every case is different, however, and there are exceptions to working around this time limit. If you wait, you do risk running out of time and losing your rights. As we said above, we are available for free consultations. If we do handle your case, we charge a standard fee of 20% of whatever we recover for you, as set by state law. There is no fee unless we do recover for you.

Benefits to which you may be entitled if you are injured in the course of your employment include: two-thirds of your lost wages based upon your average weekly wage while you are off work due to the disability from your injury; payment of medical treatment for your injury from a physician of your choice; payment of permanent scarring and any loss of function that you suffer; vocational retraining or education; and reimbursement of prescriptions. Also, if the workers' compensation insurance company refuses to pay any benefits, we can file a claim on your behalf at the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission. Eventually, an arbitrator will rule on your case. The workers' compensation laws and regulations are complex and unique, but we are well versed in representation even in contested situations such as these. It is true that in many cases, insurance companies or administrative agencies will not voluntarily pay you. It will be our job to fight for your recovery.