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Michael Helfand

Illinois workers’ compensation – when you are getting screwed over

  A reader sent us the following question: Not getting my workers compensation like I should, they owe me a lot of money still and I am getting tired of waiting for them to pay me.  I get paid every once in awhile but nothing like I should.  Wonder if I should sue because of […]

Five things to think of if you are suing for an unpaid life insurance policy

Every week we offer five tips on various areas of Illinois law.  Insurance companies will often wrongly deny payment for a life insurance policy because for the most part they have nothing to lose.  This requires you to get an attorney.  Here are five things that you should know if you are in that situation. You […]

Your kid got hurt at summer camp? Here is the one thing to look for

Some of my best memories as a kid are going to summer camp in Northbrook and later on in Glenview.  No school, no homework, lots of dodge ball and floor hockey.  Lots of swimming.  Trips to Great America and the Indiana Dunes.  Life didn’t seem like it could get much better than that. While a […]

How can I be arrested if I didn’t do anything?

Not a week goes by where we don’t get a phone call that goes something like this: I broke up with my girlfriend a week ago.  She wasn’t happy about that, but I really sent her over the edge when she saw me with a new girl at a bar in Chicago.  She screamed at […]

Hurt in a bicycle accident? Here’s what you should do.

One of the best things the City of Chicago has done is to add bike lanes throughout the city.  On Dearborn St.where our office is located there are scores of bikers there every single day heading in each direction.   Unfortunately, with thousands of people biking to and from work and to other places, we’ve seen a big increase […]

Illinois workers’ compensation statute of limitations law

Illinois law says that you have three years from the date of your injury to file a claim for workers’ compensation. Even if you have a perfectly good claim, blowing the deadline can mean that you are forever barred from bringing that claim. Filing a claim means that you fill out an Application for Adjustment […]

What are Illinois workers compensation attorney fees?

  A very nice guy called us.  He had injured his rotator cuff while working in Schaumburg.  At first the insurance company was paying all of his medical bills and time off work, but suddenly they stopped doing that without any apparent reason. He was hoping that I could find him a free lawyer because […]

Suing for discrimination just got even harder

Although discrimination in the work place happens every day, being able to prove it is another thing.  Winning those lawsuits has always been very hard and usually when someone comes to us with a case, we recommend that they start at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as that is typically the first step in investigating […]

Some Illinois personal injury lawyers have no shame

I was saddened yesterday to talk to the widow of a man who was killed Monday in a trucking accident.  She only called me though because since the accident she has been flooded with calls from law firms and their investigators who are trying to get her to sign up with their firm to pursue […]

“I don’t want to drive in to Chicago for a lawyer”

I get told many times a week from people calling me for a lawyer referral that they don’t want to drive in to the City.  They live in the burbs and want the perfect lawyer in their area. Often this is possible for cases like divorce, DUI, criminal defense, estate planning and minor civil litigation.  […]

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