October 25, 2020
Illinois Workers Comp and Covid-19
ILLINOIS WORK COMP UPDATE CONCERNING CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) Effective April 13, 202 …
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Category: Car Accidents
$1 Million Settlement Car Accident
$1 Million Car Accident Settlement. Our two clients were driver and passenger in the same car in a major 24-vehicle pile-up on a major thoroughfare. Snowy/white-out conditions were present at the time. Plaintiffs were “sandwiched” in between two large motor vehicles. P2 suffered serious, severe injuries and multiple fractures and a stress-induced he …
Category: Medical Malpractice
$750,000 Medical Malpractice Settlement
$750,000 Medical Malpractice Settlement. A 52-year-old male worked at a bakery. His left leg had been red, swollen, and warm for four days. He went to the emergency room twice and was diagnosed as having early cellulitis. He saw his family doctor and was then admitted to the hospital. Sores developed on his leg for which he was given an antibiotic, support …
Category: Workers' Compensation
$532,000 Workers’ Compensation Settlement Arm Injury
$532,000 Workers' Compensation Settlement. A 33-year-old male was severely injured when the wooden scaffolding platform of an oil rig site on which he was laboring gave way, causing him to fall into the belt of the well’s pump motor. This caused his arm to be wrenched and a near severance of his right thumb. The wooden scaffolding boards did not meet f …
Category: Workers' Comp Cases
$600,000 Workers’ Compensation Settlement
While he was working one day, our client suffered a crush injury that injured his lower leg. Ultimately, this work injury victim developed compartment syndrome, a painful and dangerous condition that occurs when the pressure within muscles builds to dangerous levels, cutting off the flow of blood and oxygen to other muscle and nerve cells. Our workers' …
