In Illinois Workers’ Compensation Law you can argue that your injury resulted in a loss of your occupation. And as a result you are entitled to an increased settlement amount.
This is different from a loss of wage earning power due to permanent restrictions.
A loss of occupation means that your injury resulted in a situation where you can no longer perform your old job, but you may not have suffered a loss in wage earning power. For instance, you can get another job at close to the same rate of pay.
An example is a person who injures his shoulder, and cannot keep working on a production line that involves overhead reaching. He finds another job at a similar wage. He could argue that the value of his case is worth more than a traditional shoulder injury because he had to find another line of work.
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