Tag Archives: Work injury
What Is a Broken Shoulder Worth in A Personal Injury Lawsuit?
A personal injury lawsuit arises when an injured person suffers an injury from an accident and attempts to seek financial compensation from the person legally responsible for that injury. The motive of a personal injury lawsuit is to get compensation for losses incurred because of the accident, including lost wages, future lost income, medical… Read More »
Denied Workers Compensation Claims- What to do
The law gives you the right to file for compensation if you have been injured or taken ill at work. These benefits, which insurance companies administer, are sometimes denied. If you have been injured on the job in Illinois and were denied compensation, you may be able to submit an appeal to the Illinois… Read More »
What Is Workers’ Compensation Fraud?
Workers’ compensation is simply insurance that takes care of an employee when injured during work or develops an illness due to work. For an employee to be eligible for worker’s comp, the injury must not be self-inflicted. Also, the injury must not arise from violating the company policies, like being on marijuana or hard… Read More »
Does Insurance Cover Occupational Disease?
Workplace accidents are often the cause of the majority of the misfortunes suffered by employees. However, some result from occupational diseases, and luckily, all states in the U.S. provide coverage for occupational diseases right under the workers’ compensation insurance. It is worth noting that this law varies from state to state, including their benefits…. Read More »
The Value of a Rotator Cuff Tear with Surgery
The Illinois Workers Compensation Act has determined that the value of a rotator cuff tear is based on a man as a whole pursuant to recent case law, as opposed to loss of use of an arm. A man as a whole case has a total value is 500 weeks, whereas loss of use… Read More »
What To Do When A Case Nurse Manager Shows Up At Your Doctor’s Appointment
Often an injured worker first finds out that there has been a nurse case manager assigned to their case is when they meet the nurse case manager at the treating physician’s office for the first time. Insurance companies will generally spring the nurse case manager on the injured worker so the injured worker does… Read More »
Value of a Torn Meniscus with Surgery after an Accident at Work
The Illinois Workers Compensation Act determines the value of a meniscus knee surgery based on a percentage loss use of the leg. The Illinois Workers Compensation Act states that a total loss use of the leg is 215 weeks. Once the percentage of disability of that leg resulting from a meniscus tear with surgery… Read More »