Workers Compensation

Work Comp Offers in Illinois

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When you do not deal with Workers’ Compensation cases on a regular basis it is hard to understand what is a good or bad offer.

This is to be expected. The Work Comp insurance company does this all the time and has many lawyers and claims adjusters who work for them.

You have to be careful when dealing with these powerful insurance companies and carefully examine what is being offered to settle your case.

Once you settle your case it is over and you cannot get any additional money or any more medical treatment.

The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act provides you three rights: the right to payment for medical treatment, the right to payment for the time you are off work, and the right to payment for the injury itself.

The settlement offer should pay your medical bills, your time off work pay, and a fair payment for your injury.

The offer is based on your average weekly wage for the 52 weeks before your injury. So people with a lower paying job will receive a lower settlement than higher wage earners with the same injury.

There is no harm in having an experienced Work Comp lawyer review your settlement. It will not cost you anything. A lawyer is only paid on a contingency basis for any increased settlement offer above the Workers’ Compensation original offer.

Questions about your settlement offer? Feel free to contact Illinois Workers’ Compensation Attorney Dirk May with Williams and Swee at 309-827-4371.

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RSD and Work Comp

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Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy or RSD is a disorder of the sympathetic nervous system.

The sympathetic nervous system regulates heart rate, blood vessels, and blood pressure.

Symptoms include chronic, severe pain.

RSD can occur in different parts of the body, including legs, arms, hands or feet.

The skin over the affected area may swell and become inflamed and sensitive to touch and temperature changes.

The cause of RSD is not completely understood. However, it appears to be related to injury to the nerves, trauma, infection, or as a result of surgery.

Treatment includes a combination of drugs and nerve blocks.

RSD develops in Workers’ Compensation cases after a traumatic injury or after surgery.

RSD is often controversial. The insurance company will try to find a doctor who will provide the opinion that the cause of the injured worker’s RSD is not related to the work injury.

The injured worker will have to have a treating doctor who testifies that the RSD developed as a result of the work injury.

RSD complications may linger and affect you for many years. It will not be easy to settle your case. On the other hand, a trial may not help you much either because it does not really address long term treatment.

However, if you cannot get a decent settlement offer you may have no choice but go to trial.

Questions about your Work injury? Feel free to contact Illinois Work Comp Attorney Dirk May with Williams and Swee at 309-827-4371.