Settlements

If your work injury results in permanent restrictions and you cannot return to your old job, then a job search may be necessary.

The job search will show what jobs are available to you and what the job market will pay you.

This is a true test of how your limitations reduce your wages.

For instance, if you made $30 an hour before your injury, and $10 an hour after your injury then you are entitled to what is called a wage differential.

The only way to tell what you will make after your injury is to search for a job and get hired.

Questions about job searches, settlements and Workmans Compensation? Feel free to call Illinois Workers’ Compensation Lawyer Dirk May at 309-827-4371.

To do this you must request Vocational Rehabilitation from the Work Comp insurance company.

Vocational Rehabilitation is a fancy term for a job search.

The insurance company will hire a vocational counselor to help you put a resume together, find job leads, and prepare you for the interviews.

You must cooperate with the vocational expert and put your best efforts into finding a job that fits your restrictions.

The advantage for the injured worker is that you will continue to be paid Workers Compensation benefits, and the value of your case increases depending on the outcome of your job search.

An arm has a total value of 253 weeks. The arm is usually awarded a percentage of the 253 weeks. For example, 10 percent is worth 25.3 weeks.

However, if you must change your job due to your arm injury you may be able to get up to 100 to 150 weeks.

If you have permanent restrictions as a result of your work accident, then this also increases your settlement value.

The problem with arm injuries is that they may need future surgery. You will need to cover the future medical needs in your settlement, or you will have to pay for them on your own.

Questions about arm injuries and your Workmans Compensation settlement? Feel Free to call Illinois Workers’ Compensation Lawyer Dirk May at 309-827-4371.

Why? Because they feel like it. Or they want to force you to settle for a low amount.

It is really tough to fight the Workmans Compensation Company when it refuses to pay you. But you do not have a choice.

You must take the Work Comp Insurance Company to trial. It will take some time to get ready for the trial. However, the only way to get paid the money you are entitled to is show the insurance company you are ready for trial.

Your only real choice is to file an Application of Claim with the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission and go after the Work Comp Insurance Company.

If the insurance company is not paying your bills they are telling you that they have denied your case.

The only way to fight this is to force the Work Comp insurance company to get a lawyer.

This shows them that you are ready to fight for the payment of your medical bills, your time off pay, and your settlement.

The Work Comp Insurance Company often hopes you will give up and go away.

Questions about why your work injury medical bills are not being paid? Feel free to call Illinois Workers’ Compensation Attorney Dirk May at 309-827-4371.