Illinois Flight Attendant Injuries
In order to be eligible for Illinois workers’ compensation benefits, an injured airline worker must meet one of the following stipulations: The work injury happened in Illinois; The airline employee was hired in Illinois, or; The airline employee’s work is ...
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Chicago Airline Baggage Handler Injuries
According to a recent report by USA Today, commercial airlines in America handle more than 30 million checked bags every month. Airline baggage handlers spend most of their day lifting, transferring, and moving all this luggage, in conditions ranging from ...
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What is the history of Illinois Workers’ Compensation?
Workers’ compensation was the first social insurance enacted in the U.S., i.e., a government program where risks are pooled and benefits are legally defined. ...
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How long do worker’s compensation cases last?
Worker’s comp cases may take weeks, months or possibly more than a year to reach a settlement. According to a 2015 survey done by Martindale-Nolo Research, it took an average of 15.7 months for respondents to resolve their cases through ...
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How much will I get from a workers’ comp settlement?
New clients often ask us about the value of their workers’ comp cases. The reality is, every case and client is unique, so a lawyer can’t assign a value without investigating several key factors. How much your case is worth ...
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Helping Injured Firefighters in Illinois
Firefighters put their health and safety at risk every day. Often they are required to put their own lives on the line in order to ensure the safety of others in the community. Due to the vigorous and demanding nature ...
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Common Truck and Package Delivery Driver Injuries in Illinois
Most Illinois businesses depend on the timely delivery of packages and products. In addition to the long hours on the road and extended shift hours, a delivery driver’s job is highly physical, with bending, twisting, and lifting motions performed for ...
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Fighting for Worker’s Rights for over 60 Years
Since 1962, the law firm of Krol, Bongiorno & Given, Ltd. has been a leader in the field of workers’ compensation law, protecting the rights of tens of thousands of workers injured while on the job. With these decades of ...
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The Top 5 Costliest Workplace Injuries
The Bureau of Labor Statistics from 2012 has identified the following injuries as the most expensive injuries for workers and businesses. These statistics represent injuries that resulted in six or more days of missed work: Overexertion – Overexertion has consistently ...
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Many jobs carry the risk of harmful exposure to toxic chemicals
A toxic chemical is a substance that causes damage when it is inhaled, consumed, or comes in contact with a worker’s skin. Toxic chemical exposure can occur as a single harmful incident, such as a hospital worker who is burned ...
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