All injured Illinois workers are entitled to benefits and legal protections under the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act. Workers’ compensation insurance is a trade off between employers and employees, and as part of that bargain, it is important that injured employees get access to the full extent of their workers’ compensation rights. One extremely valuable right…

New medical research continues to show that concussions, also known as traumatic brain injuries, can have a devastating long lasting impact. Traumatic brain injuries are often hard to diagnose. Symptoms are erratic, variable, and sometimes will take awhile to appear at all. Emergency responders, and even well trained doctors, have been known to miss the…

Dealing with a car accident is extremely stressful, especially if you have been injured in the wreck. There are few things more frustrating than dealing with insurance companies. Injured car accident victims deserve full and fair compensation, and insurance companies can make the process of acquiring rightfully entitled compensation a major headache. If you are…

According to the official data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, major burn injuries are relatively common in Illinois. It is no secret that burn injuries are extraordinarily painful. Even minor burns can cause a tremendous amount of pain. Further, burns often require significant healing time and the medical expenses often add up…

Anyone injured on the job deserves their full workers’ compensation benefits. Unfortunately, recovering workers’ compensation benefits can sometimes become a difficult task. All too often, workers’ compensation benefits are wrongly denied and an appeal becomes necessary. If you have been injured while on the job in Illinois, and your workers’ compensation benefits claim was denied,…

  Drunk driving remains a tremendous problem in Illinois. While some progress has been made, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data shows that almost 400 people a year are killed in Illinois DUI accidents. Many thousands more are seriously injured. Almost 40 percent of all highway fatalities involve an intoxicated driver. The effects of drunk…