When a worker in Hoffman Estates suffers an injury or illness on the job, they have the right to receive medical care through their employer’s workers’ compensation coverage. If a third party caused the injury or illness, the worker could recover their damages through a personal injury claim or lawsuit.
If you were injured or became sick as a function of your work, our Hoffman Estates workers’ compensation lawyers could help you. We aim to recover an award for your losses through a personal injury claim or lawsuit.
Illinois law gives you the right to recover certain losses from a workplace injury or illness, regardless of who is at fault. Illinois employers are required to carry workers’ compensation insurance. This is to cover certain losses a worker suffers after sustaining an injury during their work duties.
The financial compensation – or “damages” – you could receive after a workplace injury or illness depend on your case. Four types of workers’ compensation exist. Your lawyer can tell you which you should be eligible to receive.
Regardless of how your accident happened and who was at fault, your employer’s workers’ compensation insurance should pay you certain benefits.
Medical care benefits could cover:
The Workers’ Compensation Act establishes that a person injured while performing the work duties should receive up to 66 percent of their standard weekly income. Permanent injuries could make a worker eligible for permanent total disability (PTD) or permanent partial disability (PPD) benefits.
Your injury could prevent you from performing the same work you once did. In this event, the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission also establishes your right to vocational rehabilitation. You can receive training for a new role at the company.
If your loved one passed away from an injury they sustained or the illness they developed on the job, surviving family members can claim death benefits.
You typically cannot file a lawsuit against your employer for an injury you sustained on the job. However, you could pursue compensation from a third party if their negligence caused your injury or illness.
Perhaps you were driving a delivery truck and had a broadside collision with a driver at the junction of Illinois 58 and Higgins Road. A workplace accident caused by a third party could even happen at the office. If you were sitting at your desk at the St. Alexius Medical Center and your chair broke, causing your injuries, you could pursue damages from the chair manufacturer.
A third-party claim or lawsuit could allow you to recover additional types of damages outside of those covered by workers’ compensation benefits. With a personal injury claim or lawsuit, you have the right to pursue pain and suffering and certain other non-economic benefits that are not recoverable with benefits.
Defendants in a third-party claim include individuals or entities whose negligence caused your injury or illness. Examples of possible respondents in a third-party claim for a workplace accident include:
If you decide to seek damages from a third party, our attorneys will set out to prove that your injury or illness resulted—at least partially—from the negligence of a party other than your employer. We must establish that the other party:
Our legal team will investigate your work accident or situation, gathering evidence that proves third-party liability, by:
Our workers’ compensation lawyers are here for the injured people of Hoffman Estates, including those struggling with losses caused in the course of making a living. Any type of worker could have an accident on the job, including:
We have recovered the following for other clients:
Workers’ compensation should be straightforward, but sometimes these matters can take a turn, leaving workers with denied claims. The last thing you need as you try to recover from your injuries is to struggle through the effort of filing paperwork, analyzing your right to benefits, and appealing a denied claim.
Our legal team will take this burden off your shoulders, allowing you to pursue benefits on your behalf so you can tend to your injuries. Toward this end, our team will:
The statute of limitations (735 ILCS 5/13-202) for filing a lawsuit in Illinois is two years. If a loved one died from their workplace injury, you would have two years from the date of the accident or discovery of their illness under 740 ILCS 180/2.
The sooner you hire our firm, the more time you give us to build your case, negotiate with insurers, and take legal action, if necessary.
You can call our firm for a free case evaluation. Within 48 hours, one of our Hoffman Estates workers’ compensation lawyers will meet with you. You need not worry about legal fees at this time. The initial consultation is free, and we charge fees if and when we win compensation for you.
Call The Kryder Law Group, LLC, today for a free case review.