Injured workers in Illinois should know what they can receive from workers’ compensation benefits if they have been injured on the job. Workers’ compensation provides invaluable benefits for workers who have suffered harm at work because of a workplace accident or...
Construction Accidents
Construction accidents and injuries happen for many reasons
As a construction worker, you know that there are many dangers associated with your occupation. While you do your best to avoid trouble, accidents can and do happen on construction sites.A thorough understanding of the most common reasons for construction site...
Road construction worker struck, killed by dump truck
Construction sites can be dangerous places. Unstable ground, unfinished walkways and moving machinery and other hazards can easily lead to serious accidents. Sometimes construction sites can be scenes of car and truck accidents.An Illinois road construction worker was...
Legal options after construction accidents
The Chicago area is one of the largest metropolitan sprawls in America, with millions of residents and commuters in the area on any given day. The result? A whole lot of construction, which may be an annoyance to some people but which is obviously necessary. New...
What are your legal options after a construction accident?
Illinois residents are used to seeing construction projects around town, as recent economic conditions have allowed investors and developers to pursue new buildings, both residential and commercial. But, it can take quite a few workers to make those developments a...
Construction accident in Illinois kills one and injures another
Our readers may have seen the reports about a recent construction accident in a nearby Illinois community west of the Arlington Heights area that left one construction worker dead and another construction worker injured. One worker was killed and the second worker was...
Workers’ compensation protections for construction accidents
Workers can suffer serious injuries in workplace accidents and construction workers can be at even more risk of suffering harm in a construction accident. Because construction accidents can threaten the livelihood of injured workers, it is important for injured...