McHargue & Jones, LLC has filed an Illinois workers’ compensation claim with the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission on behalf of a coworker who was at the scene of the reported Nippon Paint Automotive Americas workplace shooting in Lansing. The claim involves alleged PTSD, emotional distress, and psychological trauma connected to the reported workplace violence event….
Quick answer: Yes. Home health care workers are often covered by Illinois workers’ compensation if they are injured while doing their job. That can include injuries inside a patient’s home, while helping transfer or lift a patient, after a fall on someone else’s property, from a dog bite, during an assault, or in a car…
By Illinois Workers’ Compensation Lawyer Matthew C. Jones Quick answer: Usually, yes. Violating a workplace safety rule does not automatically disqualify you from workers’ compensation in Illinois. If you were still doing your job or another activity connected to your employment, the violation may amount only to negligence—and workers’ compensation benefits are generally paid regardless…
By Illinois Workers’ Compensation Lawyer Matthew C. Jones Teachers and school employees in Illinois may be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits when they are injured while doing their jobs. This can include student assaults, special education injuries, recess injuries, field trip accidents, playground injuries, slip-and-falls, lifting injuries, classroom accidents, repetitive trauma, PTSD, concussions, and injuries…
By Illinois Workers’ Compensation Attorney Matthew C. Jones Many Illinois police officers, sheriff’s deputies, correctional officers, jail staff, state troopers, and other law enforcement employees may be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits when they are injured in the line of duty. These claims can involve obvious traumatic events, such as shootings, inmate attacks, violent arrests,…
Quick answer: You can win an Illinois workers’ compensation case if the evidence proves that your injury is work-related, you gave proper notice, and the medical records support the benefits you are asking for. Illinois workers’ compensation is generally a no-fault system, which means you usually do not have to prove your employer did something…
By Illinois Workers’ Compensation Lawyer Matthew C. Jones If you were hurt at work in Illinois and your doctor has you off work, one of the first questions is usually simple: when do I get paid from workers’ comp? The short answer is that Illinois workers’ compensation has a short waiting period before wage benefits…
By Illinois Workers’ Compensation Attorney Matthew C. JonesIf you injured your elbow at work in Illinois, the value of your workers’ compensation case depends on more than the diagnosis. A minor elbow strain that heals with therapy is very different from a fractured elbow requiring surgery, cubital tunnel syndrome with nerve symptoms, tennis elbow that…
If you were hurt at work and are thinking about quitting your job, you need to be careful. In Illinois, you can legally quit your job while you have a workers’ compensation claim. No one can force you to keep working for an employer you want to leave.But quitting while you are on workers’ comp…
If your employer or the insurance company says you have to resign or quit your job to settle your workers’ compensation case, do not sign anything until you understand what is happening. In Illinois, there is an important difference between being fired or punished for filing a workers’ comp claim and an employer refusing to…
If you were hurt while working for Southwest Airlines, your workers’ compensation case may involve more than simply reporting the injury and waiting for benefits. Southwest Airlines workers’ comp claims in Illinois can involve Sedgwick, IMEs, impairment ratings, back injuries, flight attendant jurisdiction issues, settlement disputes, and questions about whether the case should settle or…
If you are a flight attendant, your workers’ compensation case may not be limited to the state where you live or the state where the injury happened. Airline workers travel constantly. They work in the air, in airports, on layovers, in hotels, on shuttle buses, and across state lines. That creates a major question after…
By Matthew C. Jones, Chicago workers’ compensation attorney at McHargue & Jones. Quick answer: Yes, UPS drivers, feeder drivers, delivery drivers, and truck drivers can sometimes prove Illinois workers’ compensation claims for repetitive-trauma injuries such as carpal tunnel syndrome, cubital tunnel syndrome, and trigger finger. The key is proving that the job duties were repetitive,…
By McHargue & Jones, Illinois workers’ compensation lawyers representing injured workers in Rockford, Chicago, and throughout Illinois. A bad Illinois workers’ comp arbitration decision is not always the end of the case. In this Rockford workers’ compensation case, a Spanish-speaking temp staffing worker initially lost the most important parts of her case at arbitration. The…
By Matthew C. Jones, Chicago workers’ compensation attorney at McHargue & Jones. Case result summary: We represented a tree cutter who fell from a tree after a harness failure and shattered both ankles. The employer initially tried to avoid reporting the accident, disputed whether the worker was an employee, and fought the wage calculation because…
