Sedgwick Workers’ Compensation Claims in Illinois: What Workers Need To Know About Benefits, Delays, Denials, IMEs, Light Duty

Sedgwick Workers’ Compensation Claims in Illinois: What Injured Workers Should Know Sedgwick workers’ compensation claims in Illinois often raise questions about medical approval, Independent Medical Exams (IMEs), temporary disability payments (TTD), light duty assignments, and settlement decisions. Sedgwick is a third-party administrator (TPA) that manages workers’ compensation claims for many large employers. While Sedgwick handles…

Target Workers’ Compensation Claims in Illinois: What Injured Target Employees Need to Know About Sedgwick, Light Duty, and Disputed Claims

Target employees in Illinois are injured every day in retail stores, stockrooms, backrooms, and distribution centers. Cashiers, stockers, fulfillment workers, and warehouse employees face repetitive lifting, fast-paced work, falling merchandise, and slip-and-fall hazards. While workers’ compensation benefits should cover medical care and lost wages, Target workers’ comp claims often become disputed once Sedgwick is involved,…

Retail Workers & Cashiers: Workers’ Compensation Claims in Chicago

Retail workers and cashiers in Chicago and Cook County experience some of the most common — and most frequently denied — workplace injuries in Illinois. Employees at large retailers such as Target, Walmart, Jewel-Osco, Walgreens, grocery stores, pharmacies, and big-box chains perform physically demanding tasks every shift, including repetitive scanning, stocking shelves, lifting heavy merchandise,…

What to Do After a Workplace Injury at Walmart in Illinois: Critical Steps to Protect Your Workers’ Compensation Claim

If you are injured while working at Walmart in Illinois, what you do immediately after the injury can have a major impact on your workers’ compensation benefits. Walmart is one of the largest employers in the state, and in our experience handling Walmart workers’ compensation cases over many years, these claims are often managed aggressively…