Let’s Make a Deal- Your Injury Settlment

Most personal injury and Illinois Workers’ Compensation cases end up being settled.

Statistics show that over 90 percent of these cases will be settled.

Why?

It takes a long time from filing a case until is allowed to go to trial.

Once a case goes to trial the Judge, the Jury or the Arbitrator makes the final decision in the case. This means you could get no money or a low award or verdict.

Settlements are more predictable. You know the amount you will receive.

Settlements are paid out faster.

The important thing to know is the value of your case so that you will receive a fair settlement.

Having an experienced injury lawyer or workers’ compensation lawyer will help guide you toward a settlement that is of maximum value.

The experienced lawyer will know your case’s weaknesses and strengths and what a Judge or Arbitrator will likely award.

Questions about the value of your case? Feel free to contact Illinois injury lawyer Dirk May at 309-827-4371.

WorkersCompensation.com CompNewsNetwork – Lack of Emergency Training at Houston Coffee Roaster Cited in Deadly Gas Release That Asphyxiated Shift Supervisor

Source: WorkersCompensation.com CompNewsNetwork – Lack of Emergency Training at Houston Coffee Roaster Cited in Deadly Gas Release That Asphyxiated Shift Supervisor

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Training in responding to work place emergencies is vital. This accident results in work comp death claim and OSHA claim.

WorkersCompensation.com CompNewsNetwork – Near-Infrared Light Regenerates Damage From Traumatic Brain Injury, Latest of Five Studies Show

Source: WorkersCompensation.com CompNewsNetwork – Near-Infrared Light Regenerates Damage From Traumatic Brain Injury, Latest of Five Studies Show

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Fascinating studies showing there is hope for those with traumatic brain injury.

Illinois Work Comp- You Have to Know When to Hold Them

Negotiating your Workers’ Compensation settlement is really an art.

As the song goes you have to know when to hold them and when to fold them.

This is all based on the value of your case and how strong it is.

In other words, is there some defense the Insurance company has that may reduce the value of your case or may knock out your case all together.

There is nothing worse than having a decent offer, rejecting it and going to trial and receiving a zero from the Arbitrator.

An experienced Illinois Work Comp lawyer can explain the weaknesses of your case and what you should expect from the Arbitrator.

Case value depends on your wage the year before you were injured, times 60 percent, times a number of weeks for each body part.

The job of your lawyer is to get a fair settlement based on the nature of your injury and your wage.

Sometimes you may be unable to return to your former job.

This usually requires a job search.

You must be committed to do the hard work of looking for a new job.

This is the only way you can prove the wage difference between your old job and the new job.

Whatever you do make sure that you get someone to help you through the maze of Illinois Work Comp rules and laws.

Feel free to contact Illinois Workers’ Compensation Lawyer Dirk May at 309-827-4371.

A construction worker from southwest Illinois has died several weeks after suffering severe burns in a gas explosion while on the job

A construction worker from southwest Illinois has died several weeks after suffering severe burns in a gas explosion while on the job.

Source: A construction worker from southwest Illinois has died several weeks after suffering severe burns in a gas explosion while on the job

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Horrible accident. Illinois Workers’ Compensation law provides for death benefits to specified survivors.