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What should I do if I've been injured at work? Notify your employer immediately and seek medical treatment. A delay in notifying your employer may compromise the amount of benefits you are entitled to, or your ability to get benefits at all. Once you have notified your employer, contact a Crystal Lake workplace injury lawyer to schedule an appointment to discuss the benefits you are entitled to under the law. Your consultation is free.

Worker's Compensation

Crystal Lake, Illinois Workers' Compensation Lawyers

Under Illinois law, employees are provided certain protections if they are injured on the job. But these legal protections may be lost if you do not take proper the steps after your workplace injury.

The workplace injury lawyers at the law office of Madsen, Sugden & Gottemoller, Attorneys at Law, work hard to ensure that injured workers receive the temporary or total disability payments they deserve under the law. If you have been injured in a job-related accident, contact our firm to schedule your free consultation.

We help injured workers file their petition before the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission (IWCC) for payment of medical bills and lost wages. You have 45 days in which to report an injury to your employer, either verbally or in writing. Written notice must contain the date of injury and specific information about the accident and on-the-job injury. If you need help in drafting this, ask your workplace injury lawyer for help.

Do you need help with a workplace injury?

Our attorneys provide quality legal help to workers who have sustained many types of job injuries including carpal tunnel syndrome, neck and back injuries, and shoulder and knee injuries. Whether you were injured by repetitive motion, in a fall, or a job-related car accident, we can help.

After the initial period of recovery, we represent workers in negotiating and securing payment for any partial or total disability resulting from their workplace injuries. We will represent you in negotiations with your company and its insurance company.

Workers' Comp Appeals

Your employer's insurance carrier may not agree to pay you the full value of your disability or partial disability. If that is the case and we cannot reach a reasonable settlement, our attorneys will not hesitate to have your case heard by the workers' compensation arbitrator. If you or your employer disagrees with the arbitrator, your case can be appealed to the full board of the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission for a hearing. The attorneys at Madsen, Sugden & Gottemoller have many years of experience fighting for work comp benefits on behalf of injured employees. We are prepared to take your case through every step necessary to get you the result you need.