The Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Insurance Fraud (DIF) announced 10 arrests following a multi-agency undercover workers’ compensat
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Make sure that your employer has Illinois Workers’ Compensation insurance. If not and you are injured this cause many problems in getting your medical bills paid. Make sure that you call an experienced Illinois Workers’ Compensation Lawyer to help you.
You should always review your settlement offer with a lawyer experienced in Illinois Workers’ Compensation law or personal injury law depending on the type of case you have.
The insurance company may have made a fair offer, but you will not know until a lawyer with knowledge of the law and your case studies it.
The strength and weaknesses of your case are very crucial to determining whether your settlement offer is fair.
Do not rely on friends or family or people who claim to have some knowledge of the work comp or personal injury cases.
They do not not understand the specifics of your case or the law.
For instance, you may experience some pain or limitations after you have had surgery or medical treatment but if you do not have permanent restrictions from the doctor, the allegations and symptoms are not as strong and may not justify additional settlement money.
Workers’ Compensation cases in Illinois are based on your average weekly wage the year before you were injured.
For instance, a person with the same injury who is a union member will have a higher settlement than a minimum wage worker with the same injury.
You also need to know how your medical bills will be paid as part of the settlement. This is different with personal injury and work comp cases.
Need some guidance with your injury case? Feel free to contact Illinois Workers’ Compensation and personal injury lawyer Dirk May at 309-827-4371.
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Illinois has seen some of this type of activity with fraudulent work comp administrators. If you do not get paid when off work or your medical bills are unpaid, call an Illinois Work Comp lawyer right away.
Why does it take so long for most cases to reach completion?
Is it the lawyer who is so slow?
Why can’t I just get an answer within a month or two and get on with my life?
First of all, a government agency runs the Social Security System. It usually takes approximately 6 months at each level and 12 months to get a hearing. This means that it can take over 2 years to get a hearing and then another month or two to receive a written decision from the Judge.
The reason for this is that there are thousands of cases filed all over the country each month. There are not enough workers to process the cases.
There are also thousands of cases at each hearing center. There are only a handful of judges at each hearing site. This slows down the process.
The Social Security Administration schedules all the hearings. Your lawyer cannot call up and schedule a hearing for you. This is different than many cases where the lawyer has some control over scheduling of trials and hearings. Your lawyer is at the mercy of Social Security in scheduling your hearing.
Illinois Workers’ Compensation cases can only move forward when your medical treatment is completed. This often slows down your case if you are not healing properly or quickly, or need multiple surgeries.
Another thing that bogs down your Work Comp case is that it takes a long time to get your doctor’s deposition. A deposition is testimony of your doctor to support your case before a court reporter. Doctor’s are busy and her schedule and the schedules of your attorney and the insurance attorney must be arranged for the deposition.
Finally, the case must be set for trial. This takes several months to fit into the schedule of the Arbitrator ( the Judge for your Work Comp case).
Questions about your Social Security Disability case or Illinois Workers’ Compensation case? Feel free to contact Illinois Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Disability Attorney Dirk May at 309-827-4371.