Here are some top tips to increase your Illinois Workers’ Compensation settlement value.
- Make sure to report your accident to your supervisor immediately.
- Make sure to put your report in writing.
- Make sure to keep a copy of your report.
- Make sure to go to the doctor right away.
- Make sure to tell your doctor that your injury happened at work and how it happened.
- Make sure to tell your doctor about all your injured body parts at your first visit and repeat this at each visit.
- Make sure to request an off work note from each doctor visit.
- Make sure to follow all your doctor’s treatment orders.
- Make sure to ask for a note detailing all your permanent restrictions at your final doctor visit.
- Make sure to check with an experienced Illinois Workers’ Compensation lawyer regarding an estimate of the value of your case.
- Make sure to have an attorney on your side to negotiate with the work comp insurance company.
Questions about your work injury and how to get full settlement value? Feel free to contact Illinois Workers’ Compensation Attorney Dirk May at 309-827-4371.