We are experienced Illinois workers’ compensation attorneys who will talk to you for free and in confidence about your case. Every year we help over 1,000 injured workers with all sorts of questions and injuries.
We get so many great questions from Illinois workers. A lot of those questions come from a place of fear…

Under Illinois workers’ compensation law, if you are injured on the job (or really any other time for most employees) your employer can drug test you. If you fail that drug test, it creates a “rebuttable presumption” that you were intoxicated when you got hurt. The fancy legal phrase rebuttable presumption means that you still…

If you are reading this, a popup box has hopefully offered you the chance to chat with a lawyer. During most hours, that chat is actually manned by an experienced Illinois workers compensation attorney. When we are sleeping or otherwise occupied, it’s run by an answering service which will get your questions to us and…

It’s time for an Illinois workers’ compensation benefit post that I write every year. It has to do with the rates you get paid for time off work and for settlements. Call us for free or start an online chat if you have any questions about this.
Every six months, the State of Illinois publishes…

A reader of our blog contacted us with the most common question we get. What is my case worth? But the way they asked it was a bit different. They asked us the following:

What is the average workers compensation settlement in Illinois for someone who had back surgery and missed six months of work?…

We have been helping injured workers since 1997. Please call us at 888-705-1766 to speak with an attorney for free.
We have had the pleasure of helping hundreds of American Airlines employees. In our years in practice we’ve worked with pilots, flight attendants, gate agents and ramp agents among others.
These workers have sustained just…

When you get injured on the job and can’t go back to work, you get temporary total disability benefits (TTD). This is pay designed to help you get by financially while you recover. The goal is to allow you to focus on your health, get the treatment you need and eventually get back to work.…