This week marked the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission opening up for live hearings at the Daley Center. I was able to squeeze in a trial on Thursday, June 17th. For those who are wondering how to get to the new
Continue Reading WORKERS’ COMP HEARINGS ARE IN FULL SWING AT THE DALEY CENTER.
Lawyers like to believe that they are the most important player in your workers’ compensation claim. That is not the case. Your doctor is the star of this show, which is why it’s imporant to seek out an experienced, reputable
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I tell all of my clients the same thing. At the end of your doctor’s appointment, be sure to ask the doctor for a work status note IN WRITING. I also ask them to immediately take a picture of the
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Coal Miner, Coal Miner, shining your light. Working in a mine shaft dark as the night. What you gonna do before you go back in? Gonna ask the Lord to let me come out again. (from the song “West Virginia
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I hear lots of injured workers complain that their temporary total disability (TTD) benefit is not adjusted for inflation and cost of living increases, but instead remains stagnant until they reach maximum, medical improvement. TTD is based on an injured
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Dealing with a workers’ compensation claim is easy until it’s not. One day your medical treatment is authorized and your checks arrive on time. The next day your claim is denied, your doctor won’t see you without “authorization” and the
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The days of walking over to the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission with a folder full of applications and requests for hearing are over! Electronic filing is in full swing and the transition has been smooth and relatively painless from a
Continue Reading Electronic Filings at the IWCC: Applications, Motions, Decisions and Reviews must now be filed through COMPFILE.
It took a while, but the “first edish” of The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Law Field Manual is now available on Kindle and in paperback. If you’re new to Illinois Workers’ Comp, or if you are an injured worker and have
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Alan Hampton was a police officer for the Village of Bolingbrook. Hampton was on duty on December 20, 2016 when he responded to an accident with injuries in the center of an intersection. Hampton’s lights and sirens were on. There
Continue Reading Court overturns Bolingbrook Police Pension Fund Decision and award Line-Of-Duty Disability Pension to Injured Police Officer: Hampton v. Bolingbrook Police Pension Fund et. al., 2021 Il App (3d) 190416
Governor JB Pritzker has activated 250 members of the Illinois National Guard for State Active Duty in response to the warnings issued this week by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding threats to state capital cities in the days
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