Settlements

Medical benefits.

Temporary Total Disability benefits.

Permanent Partial Disability benefits.

You are entitled to medical treatment that is related to your work injury and that is reasonable and necessary.

You are entitled to two-thirds of your wage based on the 52 weeks before your injury. You will need to have a doctor taking you off work due to your work injury.

You are entitled to 60 percent of your wage based on the 52 weeks before your injury times a certain number of weeks. For instance, the back is worth 500 weeks total. If you have an injury that is worth 10 percent of the back, then you are entitled to 50 weeks.

This is commonly referred to as the settlement, or lump sum payment.

Questions about your work injury? Feel free to contact Illinois Work Comp Lawyer Dirk May at 309-827-4371.

There will be 3 arbitrators at each site.

They will be assigned to cases randomly.

Currently there is one arbitrator at each site.

Your case will come up once every 3 months.

Now it comes up once every 2 months.

This means it will take longer to get to your case.

Before you would know the arbitrator’s tendencies and what to expect from decisions.

Now you will have to keep track of three arbitrators.

The Governor’s press statement announcing the appointment of the new arbitrators emphasized improving the business climate in Illinois.

This may have some chilling effect on injured workers’ cases.

This date is important because the change in the law requires Arbitrators to take into account AMA guidelines.

Workers’ Compensation insurance companies may send out their claims to doctors to have them give a percentage loss of use according to the AMA guidelines.

For instance, if you have a back injury the doctor will have to decide if your permanent partial disability is worth 5 percent of a person or 15 percent of a person.

This will likely mean you will have to be sent to a doctor to examine you and have a report written.

Of course this will take more time.

The insurance company also has to factor in your age, restrictions, job, and the information contained in the medical records.

Let me know what your experience is with the AMA guidelines and your settlement offers.

But an experienced Workmans Compensation Attorney can help your case.

A Work Comp Lawyer knows what kind of questions to ask you at your trial.

A Work Comp Attorney knows what the Arbitrator is looking for in order to win your case.

A Work Comp Lawyer knows what the insurance company and its attorney is thinking.

A Work Comp Attorney knows how to get the most value out of your case.

A Work Comp Lawyer knows how to deal with the new changes in the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act.

A Work Comp Attorney does not get paid unless you win your case.