Carolina Schottland P.C. Answers the Top 8 Questions about Workers Compensation. 1. What is Workers Compensation? 2. What Workers Compensation Benefits am I Entitled To? 3. What Negative Consequences Would I Have with a Workers Compensation Claim? 4. If I’m Hurt at Work, Do I Have a Worker’s Compensation Claim? 5. I Got Hurt at … Continued
Probably one of the first questions we should answer when we discus worker’s compensation is just what is Worker’s Compensation? Worker’s Compensation is an area of law that’s distinct from other areas of law. It’s a separate court system from what we traditionally think of as a court system. It’s not a circuit court system so … Continued
Another question that we get asked frequently is: What benefits am I entitled to on workers compensation? Generally speaking you are entitled to three workers compensation benefits. 1) When you lose your salary from a work accident and you are unable to work due to a doctor’s recommendation you are entitled to what is called … Continued
One of the biggest concerns that employees have when they are contemplating filing a Worker’s Compensation injury case is whether or not they will lose their job or what negative consequences they will have from their employer if they pursue a Worker’s Compensation matter. That question is rather complicated one because Illinois is an at … Continued
In workers compensation, we tend to think that if you are hurt at work you automatically have workers compensation case. So the question is: if I am hurt at work do I have workers compensation case? And the answer to that question is maybe but probably. So what we look at in workers compensation is … Continued
