Bloomington Illinois Work Injury Lawyer

Get Paid Your Illinois Work Compensation

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When you are injured on the job in Illinois you are supposed to be paid.

For instance, your employer should not make you take personal leave, sick leave, or vacation time.

Illinois law provides for payment of 2/3rds of your average weekly wage the year before your injury when a doctor has taken you off work.

Once you have received all necessary medical treatment and have been returned to work you should receive a settlement from your Workers’ Compensation insurance company.

If you do not hear from the insurance company contact an Illinois Work Comp Attorney to find out about your settlement money.

Illinois Work Comp Lawyers do not get paid until you get paid.

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

Wages Are Important in Your Illinois Workers’ Compensation Case

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Illinois law provides that the amount of your Work Comp settlement is based on your average weekly wage.

The amount you are paid while off work pay is also based on your average weekly wage.

The key figure is your average weekly wage the 52 weeks before your injury.

Make sure that the calculation is correct.

Overtime pay may be included if it is mandatory and worked regularly.

If you work two jobs at the same time and your employers are aware of your second job, then both wages may be added together and used as your average weekly wage.

The higher your wage the higher your settlement for the same injury.

Someone who breaks their arm working at a fast food restaurant will have a smaller settlement than injured worker who breaks their arm on a union job.

Insurance companies often attempt to reduce settlements they pay out. Do not allow them to do it to you.

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

What Not to Do if Hurt at Work

Dirk May Workers Compensation ,

More examples of real life mistakes when hurt on the job.

What will happen if you are hurt on the job and you tell the plant nurse or work supervisor that you are not sure if you were hurt on the job?

What will happen if you go to the doctor and you fail to explain that you were hurt while lifting boxes at work?

The Work Comp judge, called an Arbitrator, gives the most weight to what you told the supervisor or plant nurse at the time of the accident.

The Arbitrator gives the most weight to what you told the doctor, at the visit near the time of your accident, was the cause of your injury.

Waiting 6 months to a year later and saying that it was work accident is too late.

File a work incident report immediately to protect your rights even if it turns out to be a slight injury or just a muscle strain.

Go to the doctor right away and explain how it happened it work.

Better to have everything documented and not need the protections of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act, than attempt to get thousands of dollars in medical bills paid after having a surgery and undergoing lengthy physical therapy.

Questions about your Work Injury? Feel free to contact Illinois Work Comp Attorney Dirk May at 309-827-4371.

Don’t Let Work Comp Insurance Close Your Case

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Someone called our office with another great example of why you should contact a lawyer to protect yourself when injured on the job.

The Workers’ Compensation insurance company was closing their case after paying the medical bills.

Not so fast. Illinois law provides that you are entitled to a settlement after you are injured on the job.

The insurance company was hoping the person would not check with an Illinois Workers’ Compensation lawyer.

This practice is not unusual for insurance companies. This saves them a large sum of money every year.

Make sure that it is not your money they keep.

An Illinois Work Comp lawyer only gets paid if you get paid.

Protect yourself and get the settlement money your entitled to under the law.

Feel free to contact Illinois Work Comp Attorney Dirk May at 309-827-4371 to discuss your case.