Illinois Workers' Compensation Claims
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Have you been injured at
work in the state of Illinois?
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Do you have an Illinois Workman's Compensation
Claim and are in need of help?
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The Injured Worker in Illinois:
The injured worker is often taken advantage of in
Illinois because they do not know their rights. The insurance company and
the employer will not tell you all the rights you have. The purpose of
this website is to educate you. The insurance company is strictly
concerned with minimizing the cost of your claim. This means that they
will not tell you about job retraining, overtime pay included in weekly
checks, wage differential benefits, statute of limitations, notice
requirements, repetitive traumas, open medical for life, maintenance
payments when being retrained and monetary settlements.
Our law firm concentrates only on Illinois Workers
Compensation claims. We have handled over 4000 workers compensation
claims.
We hope this website is helpful, but please remember to
educate yourself about workers compensation because the insurance
companies will not.
What is available to injured workers?
| Medical Treatment |
| Workers
compensation benefits entitle you to medical
treatment, at no cost to you, to cure and relieve the effects of
your industrial injury. You are entitled to be reimbursed
for costs of mileage going to and from your medical appointments. |
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| Temporary Disability |
| You are entitled to receive monetary
payments while you are off work and temporarily disabled due to
your injury. The amount of temporary disability is based upon
two-thirds of your average weekly wage, with established maximums,
depending upon the date of your injury. |
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| Permanent Disability |
We have been extremely successful in
obtaining large permanency settlements for our clients. How much
you'll receive is determined on the part of your body that is
injured, your age, your occupation and any work restrictions as
determined by various doctors. Furthermore we have utilized specific
sections of the Workers compensation act to maximize your recovery.
These sections are often overlooked by the Attorneys
that do not concentrate in Illinois Workers Compensation. If your
100% (totally) disabled, or lose wages the amount you are entitled
to receive may
also increases substantially. . |
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| Vocational Rehabilitation Benefits |
| If you cannot return to you former
job because of limitations caused by your industrial injury, you
are entitled to assistance in finding other employment.
Vocational rehabilitation is a program designed to return you to
the employment market. To this end, Vocational
rehabilitation employs a number of means, including possibly a
retraining program designed to help you acquire the skills
necessary to return to suitable gainful employment. |
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| Death Benefits |
| Worker
compensation law states that if you were a total or partial
dependent of an employee who died as a result of an industrial
injury, you may have the right to recover certain benefits,
including burial expenses and a sum of money. |
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