Category: Workers’ Compensation

When a contractor was electrocuted and killed at the Clinton Clean Energy Center in November 2025, his family faced a question that confronts many Illinois families after workplace fatalities: Is workers’ compensation their only legal option?

Having a workers’ compensation claim checklist can assist a victim and his or her attorney in maximizing the claim being filed. It’s a great way to be prepared and have all bases covered when filing claims with workers’ compensation insurance companies.

Some jobs are more dangerous than others because of the conditions that workers experience, putting them at higher risks of injury and death. In the event of a work-related accident and injuries, victims can recover compensation through a workers' compensation claim or a personal injury case, depending on the nature of the accident and the injuries sustained.

If you want to prove a second injury in workers' compensation, your medical records must show that this injury connects with your primary work injury. Taking the right steps to build a case will help increase your chances of receiving a settlement for a second injury in addition to your primary injury.

The workers’ compensation system prevents injured employees from suing compliant employers after a workplace accident.