Reliable Assistance for Personal Injury Claims
Midwest Injury Help is here to guide you in getting the compensation you deserve when you are injured in the workplace or have been a victim of personal injury. We are a referral service company ready to assist you throughout the whole process of a personal injury claim.
Advising You on Your Rights
As a victim of workplace injury or personal injury, you need to be aware of your rights. Our team is knowledgeable about workers’ compensation rights and personal injury law, and we can enlighten you about the benefits you are entitled to. We will also walk you through the process and rules to follow in order for the case to run smoothly.
Personal Injury Law
This law refers to remedies and defenses involved in civil lawsuits brought about as result of wrongful conduct. This could be from the negligence of a person, company, or government agency. Our team will help you reach lawyers if you want to file a case under this law.
Workers’ Compensation Rights
There are many responsibilities that an employer has towards their employees as dictated by law. One of which is that your boss is responsible for paying your medical needs if you were injured at work. It also mandates that you are given the opportunity to choose your own doctor.
Midwest Injury Help will help you make sure that you are given your due compensation. Since cases such as personal injury are open claims, we assure you that there will be no out-of-pocket expenses.
Frequently Asked Questions
You should notify your supervisor of the accident. Your supervisor once informed will most likely make a written report of the injury. Most of the time, you have 45 days to report your accident.
The law provides a system of benefits that are administered by the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission. These benefits cover most employees that have suffered injuries at work.
These benefits are covered REGARDLESS OF FAULT.
The employer is required to pay for all medical care that is reasonably necessary to cure or relieve the employee from the effects of the injury.
This includes but is not limited to first aid, emergency care, doctor visits, hospital care, surgery, physical therapy, chiropractic treatment, pharmaceuticals, prosthetic devices, and prescribed medical appliances. The cost of devices, such as a shoe lift or a wheelchair, may also be covered.
The law provides benefits for medical attention and paid disability if necessary for recovering from a work injury.
If the employer does not dispute a medical bill, it will pay the medical provider directly. The worker is not required to pay co-payments or deductibles.
If the employer disputes a bill, it must promptly give the worker a written explanation for its refusal. While a case is pending at the Commission, the provider cannot try to collect payment from the employee once the employee notifies the provider that he or she has filed a claim with the Commission to resolve this dispute.
The provider may send the employee reminders of the outstanding bill, and ask for information about the case (e.g., case number, status of case). If the employee does not provide the information within 90 days of the date of the reminder, the provider may resume its efforts to collect payment
It is illegal for an employer to harass, dismiss, refuse to accept an employee to work after the accident, or discriminate in any form if due to the employee exercising his rights if injured.