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Will I Get An Illinois Work Comp Settlement?
We have helped tens of thousands of injured Illinois workers get the best settlement they can get for their Illinois workers’ compensation case. If you’d like a free consult with a lawyer, contact us at 312-346-5320 for help everywhere in Illinois. We promise to treat you like a family member or friend.
The two most common questions related to workers compensation that injured workers ask us are:
- Will I get a settlement?
- What is my case worth?
Those two questions go hand in hand. Almost every case is worth something. If you have more than a superficial injury (for example, a scrap or a bruise that doesn’t need medical care), you are likely entitled to a settlement. If you have seen health care professionals and received some form of treatment for your injury, you are likely entitled to a settlement.
However, insurance companies are not in the business of giving money away and looking out for you. These huge corporations are trying to maximize their profits and minimize their settlement offers and payouts. They have many methods and resources to do this. It’s how they make billions of dollars a year.
While almost every case has settlement value, some cases being worth more than six figures, insurance companies do not have to offer you anything. But an experienced Illinois work comp attorney can make it happen. Beyond that, the best attorneys will make sure that you maximize your case value and get every penny that you are entitled to.
After you hire a work comp lawyer, they will file an application for adjustment of claim with the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission. The purpose of this is to get your case with an Arbitrator. It also ensures you do not blow the statute of limitations. This filing gives you the leverage of going to trial where an arbitrator will award you money for what your case is worth. Doing so would require the insurance company to pay for an attorney which can be a large, additional expense for them. Like we said, these companies don’t want to spend any money that they don’t have to.
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And if for some reason they don’t offer a fair settlement or you want to keep your medical rights open for future treatment, you can also go to arbitration and make that happen while still getting paid what’s fair for the injuries you’ve sustained. Lawyers only get paid if they make a recovery and that fee is capped at 20% of your settlement amount. Even with that fee, you will almost certainly get much more with a lawyer than without one.
We have helped so many injured workers and would love to help you. Please get in touch with us any time for a confidential, no commitment and FREE consultation.