When most people think about Illinois workers’ compensation claims, they picture construction sites, warehouses, or factory floors. But the reality is this: office workers, teachers, and other white-collar employees in Chicago and throughout Cook County are fully covered under the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act. If you were hurt while doing your job — whether at…
Sedgwick Workers’ Compensation Claims in Illinois: What Injured Workers Should Know Sedgwick workers’ compensation claims in Illinois often raise questions about medical approval, Independent Medical Exams (IMEs), temporary disability payments (TTD), light duty assignments, and settlement decisions. Sedgwick is a third-party administrator (TPA) that manages workers’ compensation claims for many large employers. While Sedgwick handles…
If you were injured while working for FedEx in Illinois—as a delivery driver, warehouse employee, package handler, dockworker, or freight worker—you may qualify for medical treatment, wage-loss benefits, and a permanent settlement under Illinois workers’ compensation law. FedEx employees across Chicago and throughout Illinois work in physically demanding environments. High-volume distribution hubs, freight terminals, sorting…
By Matthew C. Jones, Chicago Workers’ Compensation Attorney CTA employees injured on duty in Chicago are generally entitled to Illinois workers’ compensation benefits, including full medical treatment, wage replacement, and permanent disability compensation — even when the injury involves a passenger assault, PTSD after a traumatic event, a slip-and-fall at a CTA station, repetitive stress…
A tragic workplace accident in Bartlett, Illinois has drawn attention to the dangers faced by public works employees and other city workers across Chicagoland. According to reports, Village of Bartlett public works employee David M. Hoday was killed after a Metra Milwaukee District West train struck the snowplow he was operating near Oak Avenue and…
A disc bulge or herniated disc at L4-L5 or L5-S1 is one of the most common and most heavily disputed injuries in Illinois workers’ compensation cases. These lumbar spine injuries often cause sciatica, nerve compression, radiculopathy, numbness, weakness, and lifting restrictions that prevent injured workers from returning to physically demanding jobs like construction, nursing, warehouse…
Workers’ compensation insurance companies in Chicago and across Illinois often deny legitimate claims by blaming injuries on “pre-existing conditions,” refusing to approve surgery, or cutting off wage-loss benefits like TTD. When that happens, injured workers are forced into a fight—not just for money, but for medical treatment they urgently need. At McHargue & Jones, LLC,…
If you were injured at work in Chicago or anywhere in Illinois, what you do next can directly impact your right to workers’ compensation benefits. Whether your injury happened suddenly—such as a slip and fall, lifting accident, or machinery incident—or developed over time as a repetitive trauma injury (like carpal tunnel, shoulder damage, or chronic…
Short answer: sometimes — but surgery alone does not determine the value of a workers’ compensation case in Illinois. In Illinois, cases involving surgery often have a higher value than non-surgical cases, but surgery is only one of many factors. Permanent restrictions, disability, and whether an injured worker can return to their former job or…
Target employees in Illinois are injured every day in retail stores, stockrooms, backrooms, and distribution centers. Cashiers, stockers, fulfillment workers, and warehouse employees face repetitive lifting, fast-paced work, falling merchandise, and slip-and-fall hazards. While workers’ compensation benefits should cover medical care and lost wages, Target workers’ comp claims often become disputed once Sedgwick is involved,…
Retail workers and cashiers in Chicago and Cook County experience some of the most common — and most frequently denied — workplace injuries in Illinois. Employees at large retailers such as Target, Walmart, Jewel-Osco, Walgreens, grocery stores, pharmacies, and big-box chains perform physically demanding tasks every shift, including repetitive scanning, stocking shelves, lifting heavy merchandise,…
If you slip and fall at work in Illinois, your injury is usually covered by workers’ compensation. You should report the accident immediately, seek medical care, and document what caused the fall. Illinois workers’ compensation is a no-fault system that can pay for medical treatment and lost wages, but it also generally prevents you from…
If you are injured while working at Amazon in Illinois, the steps you take immediately after the injury can make or break your workers’ compensation claim. Amazon warehouse and delivery jobs are fast-paced, physically demanding, and closely monitored, and in our experience handling Amazon workers’ compensation cases, claims are often scrutinized early and aggressively by…
If you are injured while working at Walmart in Illinois, what you do immediately after the injury can have a major impact on your workers’ compensation benefits. Walmart is one of the largest employers in the state, and in our experience handling Walmart workers’ compensation cases over many years, these claims are often managed aggressively…
Walmart is one of the largest employers in Illinois, operating hundreds of retail locations and a growing network of high-tech distribution, fulfillment, and consolidation centers across Chicago, the surrounding suburbs, and downstate Illinois. When Walmart employees are injured on the job, their workers’ compensation claims are commonly administered by Sedgwick, a national third-party administrator that…
